bassin-versant
\ba.sɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“bassin-versant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante orthographique de bassin versant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bassin-versant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.sɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bassin-versant” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bassin-versant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.sɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de bassin versant.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bassin-versant in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bassin-versant, spelled B-A-S-S-I-N---V-E-R-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de bassin versant.
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.
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Using “bassin-versant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-S-S-I-N---V-E-R-S-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.sɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃\ (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.