basil
\ˈbæz.əl\
The verdict
“basil” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,195
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Basilic (Ocimum basilicum).
Corpus desk
Index FR-basil · basil · French
basil · rank #37,195 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,195
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH barca
Nearest frequency peer: barca (-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 « basil »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- balustrade
balustrade
62,810 corpus weight
- baptise
baptise
62,808 corpus weight
- barca
barca
62,807 corpus weight
- basil
basil
62,806 corpus weight
- Beauport
Beauport
62,805 corpus weight
- behind
behind
62,804 corpus weight
What this shows « basil » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | basil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbæz.əl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « basil »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around basil (IPA \ˈbæz.əl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,195 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for basil, with forms such as "absil", "baisl", and "basill". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bâti", "bass", "basse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is basil, spelled B-A-S-I-L.
Definition
- 1Basilic (Ocimum basilicum).
- 2Les feuilles de cette plante, utilisées en cuisine pour aromatiser des plats.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- absil
- baisl
- basill
- basli
- bassil
- bbasil
- bsail
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of basil - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "basil", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).