bastin
\bas.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“bastin” is uncommon French (frequency #82,710 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,710
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cordage en sparterie pouvant flotter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bastin · bastin · French
bastin · rank #82,710 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,710
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Bascou
Nearest frequency peer: Bascou (-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 « bastin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bardage
bardage
17,294 corpus weight
- Bascou
Bascou
17,292 corpus weight
- bastin
bastin
17,291 corpus weight
- batteuses
batteuses
17,290 corpus weight
- baya
baya
17,289 corpus weight
- BDP
BDP
17,287 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bastin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bastin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bas.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bastin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bastin is uncommon French at frequency #82,710 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bas.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cordage en sparterie pouvant flotter.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bastin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bastin, spelled B-A-S-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Cordage en sparterie pouvant flotter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bastin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La particularité la plus notable de la construction réside dans l'assemblage de la bordée avec la membrure : les planches du fonds n'étaient pas clouées ou chevillées aux couples, mais tenues par des ligatures en fibres végétales, racine ou bastin (cordage d'écorce, originairement d'écorce de tilleul : bast, en islandais).
Synonyms
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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