bassine

\ba.sin\

/\ba.sin\/ noun

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The verdict

“bassine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,566
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de bassin en métal, large et profond dont on se sert pour y faire chauffer, bouillir, fondre, cuire, etc., diverses substances.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bassine · bassine · French

bassine · rank #33,566 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,566
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Barbade

Nearest frequency peer: Barbade (-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 « bassine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bassine » 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).

bassine vs bassins
86% similar
bassine vs bastide
71% similar
bassine vs bassiste
75% similar

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

Key facts for bassine
PropertyValue
Headwordbassine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.sin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,566
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bassine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bassinese 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 « Barbade » (#33,565), « beaufs » (#33,567), « ballot » (#33,564). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bassine » est au #33,566. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bassine (IPA \ba.sin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,566 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 bassine, with forms such as "abssine", "basine", and "basisne". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "bassins", "bastide", "bassiste", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 bassine, spelled B-A-S-S-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de bassin en métal, large et profond dont on se sert pour y faire chauffer, bouillir, fondre, cuire, etc., diverses substances.
  2. 2
    Récipient en métal ou plus communément en plastique utilisé en général pour y mettre de l’eau, y faire la vaisselle, laver quelque chose, ou tout autre usage.
  3. 3
    Ce que contient ce récipient.
  4. 4
    Retenue, réserve d’eau, sous la forme d’un réservoir creusé dans le sol et pouvant contenir plusieurs milliers de mètres cubes d’eau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. nᵒ 3 Cette opération, que je nomme le grossissage des chocolatines, se fait par le travail ordinaire des dragistes et dans leur bassine, ou par le moyen des machines à dragées.
  2. Sirop de mûres: Prenez deux livres de mûres un peu avant leur parfaite maturité, mettez-les sur un feu doux dans une bassine avec deux livres de sucre en poudre.

Synonyms

retenue de substitution

This word in other languages

tub(English)tina(Español)Bottich(Deutsch)cuba(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abssine
  • basine
  • basisne
  • bassien
  • bassinne
  • bassnie
  • bbassine
  • bsasine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abssine2basine1basisne2bassien2bassinne1bassnie2bbassine1bsasine2
Edit distance from "bassine"

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 "bassine"?
"bassine" is spelled B-A-S-S-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.sin\.
What does "bassine" mean?
As a noun, "bassine" means: Sorte de bassin en métal, large et profond dont on se sert pour y faire chauffer, bouillir, fondre, cuire, etc., diverses substances.
What words are commonly confused with "bassine"?
"bassine" is commonly confused with "bassins", "bastide", "bassiste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bassine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bassine" is \ba.sin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bassine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bassine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Barbade#33,565Bacchus#33,563Benelux#33,569bismuth#33,572

Similar misspelling depth

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

beaufs8 variantsassigne8 variantsCesare8 variantsÉlodie8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list