basin
\ba.zɛ̃\
The verdict
“basin” is uncommon French (frequency #53,155 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,155
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index FR-basin · basin · French
basin · rank #53,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,155
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH barrot
Nearest frequency peer: barrot (-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 « basin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Barbosa
Barbosa
46,849 corpus weight
- Barrault
Barrault
46,848 corpus weight
- barrot
barrot
46,847 corpus weight
- basin
basin
46,846 corpus weight
- bemba
bemba
46,845 corpus weight
- bend
bend
46,844 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « basin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « basin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
basin is uncommon French at frequency #53,155 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.zɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how basin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le basin, l’acier, le lacet épuraient et ne fabriquaient pas les lignes serpentines de cette élégance, comparable à celle d’un jeune peuplier balancé par le vent.
Emma, vêtue d'un peignoir en basin, appuyait son chignon contre le dossier du vieux fauteuil.
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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