bassem
\ˈbasm̩\
The verdict
“bassem” is uncommon French (frequency #73,752 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,752
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Datif masculin singulier de la déclinaison forte de bass.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bassem |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈbasm̩\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bassem” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bassem is uncommon French at frequency #73,752 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈbasm̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bassem, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bassem, spelled B-A-S-S-E-M.
Definition
- 1Datif masculin singulier de la déclinaison forte de bass.
- 2Datif neutre singulier de la déclinaison forte de bass.
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 “bassem”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-S-S-E-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈbasm̩\ (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.