bassesse

\bɑ.sɛs\

/\bɑ.sɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“bassesse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,136. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,136
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vice qui porte à des sentiments, à des actions, à des procédés indignes d’un honnête homme ou d’un homme de cœur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bassesse · bassesse · French

bassesse · rank #40,136 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,136
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bandoulière

Nearest frequency peer: bandoulière (-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 « bassesse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bassesse » 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).

bassesse vs bassiste
75% similar
bassesse vs basses
75% similar

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

Key facts for bassesse
PropertyValue
Headwordbassesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɑ.sɛs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,136
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bassesse »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bassessese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bandoulière » (#40,135), « Battista » (#40,137), « bandages » (#40,134). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bassesse » est au #40,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bassesse (IPA \bɑ.sɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,136 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bassesse, with forms such as "abssesse", "basesse", and "basessse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bassiste", "basses", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bassesse, spelled B-A-S-S-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vice qui porte à des sentiments, à des actions, à des procédés indignes d’un honnête homme ou d’un homme de cœur.
  2. 2
    Les sentiments ou les actions mêmes qui marquent la bassesse d’âme.
  3. 3
    Trivialité ignoble ou choquante.
  4. 4
    Basse naissance ; condition très obscure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bassesse d’âme.
  2. Bassesse de cœur.

Antonyms

élévationnoblesse

This word in other languages

baseness(English)bajeza(Español)baixeza(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abssesse
  • basesse
  • basessse
  • bassese
  • basseses
  • basssese
  • bbassesse
  • bsasesse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abssesse2basesse1basessse2bassese1basseses2basssese2bbassesse1bsasesse2
Edit distance from "bassesse"

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 "bassesse"?
"bassesse" is spelled B-A-S-S-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɑ.sɛs\.
What does "bassesse" mean?
As a noun, "bassesse" means: Vice qui porte à des sentiments, à des actions, à des procédés indignes d’un honnête homme ou d’un homme de cœur.
What words are commonly confused with "bassesse"?
"bassesse" is commonly confused with "bassiste", "basses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bassesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bassesse" is \bɑ.sɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bassesse" come from?
"bassesse" 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 "bassesse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Battista#40,137bandages#40,134Asturies#40,128boîtiers#40,148

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

balaye8 variantsBlaine8 variantsbocaux8 variantsbreuil8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list