basileus
\ba.si.løs\
The verdict
“basileus” is uncommon French (frequency #83,629 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,629
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chef puis roi dans la Grèce ancienne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-basileus · basileus · French
basileus · rank #83,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,629
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Barthel
Nearest frequency peer: Barthel (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « basileus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- barrera
barrera
16,374 corpus weight
- Barthel
Barthel
16,373 corpus weight
- basileus
basileus
16,372 corpus weight
- bassiner
bassiner
16,371 corpus weight
- bassinet
bassinet
16,370 corpus weight
- baves
baves
16,369 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « basileus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basileus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.si.løs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « basileus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
basileus is uncommon French at frequency #83,629 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.si.løs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for basileus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is basileus, spelled B-A-S-I-L-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1Chef puis roi dans la Grèce ancienne.
- 2Empereur de Byzance.
- 3Souverain singulièrement puissant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how basileus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le wanax exerce donc le pouvoir sur plusieurs « basileis » locaux, et selon certains auteurs, cela ferait de cette organisation une société de type proto-féodale de l’âge du bronze. La signification du mot s’étend plus tard au sens de roi comme l’attestent les écrits d’Homère dans lesquels Agamemnon et Priam portent ce titre.
Surtout, Alp Arslan vient de remporter, dans le petit village de Malazgerd, en Anatolie, une retentissante victoire sur l’Empire byzantin dont l’armée a été décimée et le basileus capturé.
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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