bassaque
\ba.sak\
The verdict
“bassaque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paillasse de lit, la toile d’étoupe, ou le sac de la paillasse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bassaque · bassaque · French
bassaque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bassaque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.sak\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bassaque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bassaque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.sak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Paillasse de lit, la toile d’étoupe, ou le sac de la paillasse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bassaque, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bassaque, spelled B-A-S-S-A-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Paillasse de lit, la toile d’étoupe, ou le sac de la paillasse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bassaque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un matelas, une bassaque, un chevet, une couverture de laine de Catalogne formant le lit de la donatrice, soutenu sur deux bancs et des planches
La literie est composée invariablement d’une bassaque ou matelas de paille, d’un matelas de bourre ou de laine plus ou moins épais, parfois même, mais plus rarement, d’une couette ou matelas de plume
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.