Base
\ˈbaː.zə\
The verdict
“Base” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #409) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #409
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cousine (fille d’un oncle ou d’une tante).
Corpus desk
Index FR-base · Base · French
Base · rank #409 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #409
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH amour
Nearest frequency peer: amour (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Base”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vite
vite
99,595 corpus weight
- yeux
yeux
99,594 corpus weight
- amour
amour
99,593 corpus weight
- Base
Base
99,592 corpus weight
- H
H
99,591 corpus weight
- journée
journée
99,590 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Base” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Base |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbaː.zə\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Base” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Base is neighbouring look-alikes ("be", "BS", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ˈbaː.zə\. Frequency #409 among 4,251 “B” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Base, with forms such as "abse", "baes", and "bbase". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "be", "BS", "bus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Base, spelled B-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Cousine (fille d’un oncle ou d’une tante).
- 2Tante (sœur du père).
- 3Parentes éloignées.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abse
- baes
- bbase
- bsae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Base - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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What to do next
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- "Base" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "be". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #409 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.