Bashung

name

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The verdict

“Bashung” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,184. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,184
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pseudonyme, consistant en un simple changement d’orthographe de son nom de famille, du musicien Alain Baschung.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bashung · Bashung · French

Bashung · rank #47,184 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #47,184
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Basel

Nearest frequency peer: Basel (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bashung »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Bashung » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Bashung vs bashing
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Bashung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBashung
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,184
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bashung »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Bashungse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Basel » (#47,183), « bela » (#47,185), « barrent » (#47,182). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bashung » est au #47,184. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Bashung, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,184 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pseudonyme, consistant en un simple changement d’orthographe de son nom de famille, du musicien Alain Baschung.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bashung, with forms such as "abshung", "bahsung", and "bashhung". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bashing", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Bashung, spelled B-A-S-H-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pseudonyme, consistant en un simple changement d’orthographe de son nom de famille, du musicien Alain Baschung.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bashung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le concept, déjà déployé pour un hommage à Bashung en 2019, a trouvé son écho chez les artistes.
  2. Bourvil, Nougaro, Bashung… tous se font réinterpréter par l’Ensemble et chanter par la voix douce de de la Simone, pour un résultat prenant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abshung
  • bahsung
  • bashhung
  • bashnug
  • bashugn
  • bashungg
  • bashunng
  • basshung
  • basuhng
  • bbashung
  • bsahung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bashung - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abshung2bahsung2bashhung1bashnug2bashugn2bashungg1bashunng1basshung1
Edit distance from "Bashung"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bashung"?
"Bashung" is spelled B-A-S-H-U-N-G.
What does "Bashung" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bashung" means: Pseudonyme, consistant en un simple changement d’orthographe de son nom de famille, du musicien Alain Baschung.
What words are commonly confused with "Bashung"?
"Bashung" is commonly confused with "bashing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Bashung" come from?
"Bashung" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bashung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

barrent#47,182Beveren#47,188billion#47,189Breslau#47,193

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

bunkers11 variantsAtalante11 variantsassesseurs11 variantscanailles11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list