basques

\bask\

/\bask\/ adj

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The verdict

“basques” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,661
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de basque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-basques · basques · French

basques · rank #18,661 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,661
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH basketball

Nearest frequency peer: basketball (-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 « basques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « basques » 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).

basques vs basses
71% similar
basques vs battues
71% similar
basques vs bosquet
71% similar

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

Key facts for basques
PropertyValue
Headwordbasques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bask\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,661
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « basques »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).basquesse 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 « basketball » (#18,660), « batte » (#18,662), « bambou » (#18,659). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « basques » est au #18,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around basques (IPA \bask\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,661 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de basque.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for basques, with forms such as "absques", "baqsues", and "basqeus". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "basses", "battues", "bosquet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is basques, spelled B-A-S-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de basque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La colonne avait fini par se désenneiger, et, dès le jour paru, les avions de secours, pilotés par les guides basques, s’étaient mis en quête des rescapés, pour leur parachuter des vivres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • absques
  • baqsues
  • basqeus
  • basqques
  • basquess
  • basquse
  • bassques
  • basuqes
  • bbasques
  • bsaques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

absques2baqsues2basqeus2basqques1basquess1basquse2bassques1basuqes2
Edit distance from "basques"

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 "basques"?
"basques" is spelled B-A-S-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bask\.
What does "basques" mean?
As an adjective, "basques" means: Pluriel de basque.
What words are commonly confused with "basques"?
"basques" is commonly confused with "basses", "battues", "bosquet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "basques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "basques" is \bask\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "basques" come from?
"basques" 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 "basques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

avorter#18,657blindée#18,666assorti#18,654arrondi#18,653

Similar misspelling depth

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

arriverai10 variantsboulets10 variantsbraquer10 variantsamandes10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list