basilic

\ba.zi.lik\

/\ba.zi.lik\/ noun

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The verdict

“basilic” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,462
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné à diverses plantes annuelles ou perennes du genre Ocimum, de la famille des Lamiacées (Lamiaceae) dont certaines espèces sont utilisées et cultivées comme plantes aromatiques et condiment...

Corpus desk

Index FR-basilic · basilic · French

basilic · rank #23,462 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,462
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH babe

Nearest frequency peer: babe (-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 « basilic »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « basilic » 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).

basilic vs Brasilia
63% similar
basilic vs basilique
67% similar
basilic vs basic
71% similar

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

Key facts for basilic
PropertyValue
Headwordbasilic
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.zi.lik\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,462
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « basilic »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « babe » (#23,461), « bassiste » (#23,463), « bea » (#23,464). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « basilic » est au #23,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around basilic (IPA \ba.zi.lik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,462 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for basilic, with forms such as "absilic", "baislic", and "basiilc". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Brasilia", "basilique", "basic", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is basilic, spelled B-A-S-I-L-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné à diverses plantes annuelles ou perennes du genre Ocimum, de la famille des Lamiacées (Lamiaceae) dont certaines espèces sont utilisées et cultivées comme plantes aromatiques et condimentaires. Ce nom est aussi parfois donné à d’autres plantes aromatiques proches, de la même famille mais d’un genre différent.
  2. 2
    En Europe francophone, basilic utilisé seul se réfère à Ocimum basilicum, plante herbacée annuelle cultivée comme plante aromatique et qui est la base du pesto, condiment emblématique de la cuisine italienne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y avait du carpaccio, de l’huile d’olive et du citron. Ensuite, ce serait des tortellinis avec des tomates fraîches coupées en dés, du basilic et de la roquette.
  2. Dans l’antiquité, le basilic était un animal fantastique, qui tuait, disait-on, d’un regard. Aussi a-t-on fait encore du basilic l’emblème de la haine, bien que la plante n’ait aucun rapport avec l’animal fabuleux dont elle porte le nom.

Synonyms

basilic aux saucesbasilic communbasilic romaingrand basilicherbe royaleoranger des savetiers

This word in other languages

basil(English)albahaca(Español)Basilikum(Deutsch)basílico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • absilic
  • baislic
  • basiilc
  • basilci
  • basilicc
  • basillic
  • basliic
  • bassilic
  • bbasilic
  • bsailic

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of basilic - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

absilic2baislic2basiilc2basilci2basilicc1basillic1basliic2bassilic1
Edit distance from "basilic"

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 "basilic"?
"basilic" is spelled B-A-S-I-L-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.zi.lik\.
What does "basilic" mean?
As a noun, "basilic" means: Nom donné à diverses plantes annuelles ou perennes du genre Ocimum, de la famille des Lamiacées (Lamiaceae) dont certaines espèces sont utilisées et cultivées comme plantes aromatiques et condiment...
What words are commonly confused with "basilic"?
"basilic" is commonly confused with "Brasilia", "basilique", "basic". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "basilic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "basilic" is \ba.zi.lik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "basilic" come from?
"basilic" 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 "basilic", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

avenant#23,459Beckett#23,465autocar#23,456bouclée#23,471

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

bassiste10 variantscassettes10 variantsapparaisse10 variantsaniment10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list