bassiste

\ba.sist\

/\ba.sist\/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“bassiste” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,463. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,463
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Musicien jouant de la basse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bassiste · bassiste · French

bassiste · rank #23,463 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,463
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH basilic

Nearest frequency peer: basilic (-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 « bassiste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bassiste » 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).

bassiste vs bassine
75% similar
bassiste vs baptiste
75% similar
bassiste vs bassesse
75% similar

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

Key facts for bassiste
PropertyValue
Headwordbassiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.sist\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,463
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bassiste »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bassistese 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 « basilic » (#23,462), « bea » (#23,464), « babe » (#23,461). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bassiste » est au #23,463. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bassiste (IPA \ba.sist\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,463 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bassiste, with forms such as "abssiste", "basisste", and "basiste". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bassine", "baptiste", "bassesse", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bassiste, spelled B-A-S-S-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Musicien jouant de la basse.
  2. 2
    Musicien jouant de la guitare basse.
  3. 3
    Dans un orchestre de jazz, musicien jouant de la contrebasse.
  4. 4
    Musicien jouant de la clarinette basse, de la clarinette contralto ou de la clarinette contrebasse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Par opposition à Lao Cui, les musiciens de l’ensemble sont appelés par leur nom complet (par exemple Liu Junli, le bassiste), ou par leur nom de famille précédé de “petit” (comme Xiao Zang, le pianiste), ou encore par leur surnom (Sanr, littéralement “le troisième” : il est le troisième enfant dans sa famille.
  2. Le bassiste et le batteur, en tournée, ils pensent gros : billets spéciaux, sièges supplémentaires, escaliers, portes étroites, température (la contrebasse peut s’ouvrir comme une vieille chaussure s’il fait trop chaud et moite, ou se fendre comme une bûche s’il fait trop froid) […].

This word in other languages

bassist(English)bajista(Español)Bassist(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abssiste
  • basisste
  • basiste
  • bassiset
  • bassisste
  • bassistte
  • bassitse
  • basssite
  • bbassiste
  • bsasiste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abssiste2basisste2basiste1bassiset2bassisste1bassistte1bassitse2basssite2
Edit distance from "bassiste"

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 "bassiste"?
"bassiste" is spelled B-A-S-S-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.sist\.
What does "bassiste" mean?
As a noun, "bassiste" means: Musicien jouant de la basse.
What words are commonly confused with "bassiste"?
"bassiste" is commonly confused with "bassine", "baptiste", "bassesse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bassiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bassiste" is \ba.sist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bassiste" come from?
"bassiste" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Atlantis#23,454antidote#23,447children#23,480cognitif#23,489

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

basilic10 variantsavenant10 variantsbouclée10 variantscassettes10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list