basketteur

\bas.ket.œʁ\

/\bas.ket.œʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“basketteur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,269
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sportif pratiquant le basket-ball.

Corpus desk

Index FR-basketteur · basketteur · French

basketteur · rank #36,269 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,269
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bash

Nearest frequency peer: bash (-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 « basketteur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « basketteur » 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
Key facts for basketteur
PropertyValue
Headwordbasketteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bas.ket.œʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#36,269
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « basketteur »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bash » (#36,268), « bavardage » (#36,270), « barra » (#36,267). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « basketteur » est au #36,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around basketteur (IPA \bas.ket.œʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,269 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sportif pratiquant le basket-ball.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for basketteur, with forms such as "absketteur", "baksetteur", and "basektteur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is basketteur, spelled B-A-S-K-E-T-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sportif pratiquant le basket-ball.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il mesure deux mètres, il est beau, rassurant, avec des paluches de basketteur.
  2. Le basketteur français Victor Wembanyama encensé par LeBron James en personne

This word in other languages

basketball player(English)baloncestista(Español)Basketballer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • absketteur
  • baksetteur
  • basektteur
  • basketetur
  • basketeur
  • basketteru
  • basketteurr
  • baskettuer
  • baskketteur
  • baskteteur
  • bassketteur
  • bbasketteur
  • bsaketteur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

absketteur2baksetteur2basektteur2basketetur2basketeur1basketteru2basketteurr1baskettuer2
Edit distance from "basketteur"

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 "basketteur"?
"basketteur" is spelled B-A-S-K-E-T-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bas.ket.œʁ\.
What does "basketteur" mean?
As a noun, "basketteur" means: Sportif pratiquant le basket-ball.
What are common misspellings of "basketteur"?
Common misspellings include "absketteur", "baksetteur", "basektteur", "basketetur", "basketeur". The correct spelling is "basketteur".
How do you pronounce "basketteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "basketteur" is \bas.ket.œʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "basketteur" come from?
"basketteur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

belliqueux#36,271autorisait#36,261arrêterait#36,250cannibales#36,291

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

bavardage13 variantsbanaliser13 variantsauthority13 variantscaritatif13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list