basile

\ba.sil\

/\ba.sil\/ noun

The verdict

“basile” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,933
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inclinaison du fer d’un rabot, d’une varlope.

Corpus desk

Index FR-basile · basile · French

basile · rank #20,933 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,933
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bave

Nearest frequency peer: bave (+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 « basile »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « basile » 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).

basile vs bile
67% similar
basile vs basse
67% similar
basile vs bâtie
50% similar

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

Key facts for basile
PropertyValue
Headwordbasile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.sil\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,933
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « basile »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).basilese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bave » (#20,934), « avenues » (#20,931), « Bernardo » (#20,935). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « basile » est au #20,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around basile (IPA \ba.sil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,933 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inclinaison du fer d’un rabot, d’une varlope.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for basile, with forms such as "absile", "baisle", and "basiel". 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, "bile", "basse", "bâtie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented 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 basile, spelled B-A-S-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inclinaison du fer d’un rabot, d’une varlope.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • absile
  • baisle
  • basiel
  • basille
  • baslie
  • bassile
  • bbasile
  • bsaile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of basile - 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.

absile2baisle2basiel2basille1baslie2bassile1bbasile1bsaile2
Edit distance from "basile"

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 "basile"?
"basile" is spelled B-A-S-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.sil\.
What does "basile" mean?
As a noun, "basile" means: Inclinaison du fer d’un rabot, d’une varlope.
What words are commonly confused with "basile"?
"basile" is commonly confused with "bile", "basse", "bâtie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "basile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "basile" is \ba.sil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "basile" come from?
"basile" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list