bassinet

\ba.si.nɛ\

/\ba.si.nɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bassinet” is uncommon French (frequency #83,631 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,631
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit bassin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bassinet · bassinet · French

bassinet · rank #83,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,631
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bassiner

Nearest frequency peer: bassiner (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bassinet »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bassinet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bassinet
PropertyValue
Headwordbassinet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.si.nɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,631
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bassinet » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bassinettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bassiner » (#83,630), « baves » (#83,632), « basileus » (#83,629). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bassinet » est au #83,631. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bassinet is uncommon French at frequency #83,631 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.si.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

bassinet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bassinet, spelled B-A-S-S-I-N-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit bassin.
  2. 2
    Bobèche d’un chandelier.
  3. 3
    Petite pièce creuse de la platine d’une arme à feu, dans laquelle on mettait l’amorce, et qui était recouverte par la batterie.
  4. 4
    Casque de fer à visière que portaient les hommes d’armes durant le moyen-âge.
  5. 5
    Cavité en forme d’entonnoir dans laquelle aboutissent tous les calices du rein.
  6. 6
    Espèce de renoncule, bouton d’or.
  7. 7
    Cupule du gland du chêne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] les magnifiques papillons qui peuplent les solitudes et qui caressent les fleurs des deux mondes. […] je les voyais […] rivaliser d’éclat avec les corolles en coupes, en cloches, en bassinets, en cornets, en roses, en étoiles, en soleils, qui pendaient, vermeilles, de tous les rameaux.
  2. Un valet de l’auberge […] contenait la foule à la porte, qu’il barrait d’une sorte de pertuisane, ne laissant passer quiconque qu’il n’eût craché au bassinet dans un plateau d’argent posé sur une table.

This word in other languages

bassinet(English)

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 "bassinet"?
"bassinet" is spelled B-A-S-S-I-N-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.si.nɛ\.
What does "bassinet" mean?
As a noun, "bassinet" means: Petit bassin.
How do you pronounce "bassinet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bassinet" is \ba.si.nɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bassiner#83,630basileus#83,629ausculte#83,613Aubertin#83,612

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list