bassine
\ba.sin\
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
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de bassin en métal, large et profond dont on se sert pour y faire chauffer, bouillir, fondre, cuire, etc., diverses substances.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bassine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.sin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bassine” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around bassine (IPA \ba.sin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,566 among 227,490 “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
- 1Sorte de bassin en métal, large et profond dont on se sert pour y faire chauffer, bouillir, fondre, cuire, etc., diverses substances.
- 2Récipient 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.
- 3Ce que contient ce récipient.
- 4Retenue, réserve d’eau, sous la forme d’un réservoir creusé dans le sol et pouvant contenir plusieurs milliers de mètres cubes d’eau.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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 “bassine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-S-S-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.sin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bassins” - see the side-by-side comparison. bassine vs bassins
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.