basin
\ba.zɛ̃\
The verdict
“basin” is an uncommon French word, ranked #53,155 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,155
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Étoffe croisée dont la chaîne est de fil et la trame de coton, à Troyes, au XIXᵉ siècle on en fabriquait dont la chaîne contenait un peu de lin ou de chanvre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.zɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “basin” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for basin is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.zɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #53,155 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for basin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is basin, spelled B-A-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1Étoffe croisée dont la chaîne est de fil et la trame de coton, à Troyes, au XIXᵉ siècle on en fabriquait dont la chaîne contenait un peu de lin ou de chanvre.
- 2(Tissage). Tissu damassé présentant des effets de bandes longitudinales que l’on obtient par la juxtaposition d’armures de satin effet de chaîne et de satin effet de trame, ressemblant, de cet fait, fortement au basin naturel.
Synonyms
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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Using “basin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-S-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.zɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.