bien dans ses baskets

\bjɛ̃ dɑ̃ sɛ bas.kɛt\

/\bjɛ̃ dɑ̃ sɛ bas.kɛt\/ adv

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The verdict

“bien dans ses baskets” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Confiant, maitre de soi, à l’aise.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bien-dans-ses-baskets · bien dans ses baskets · French

bien dans ses baskets · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 21 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for bien dans ses baskets
PropertyValue
Headwordbien dans ses baskets
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\bjɛ̃ dɑ̃ sɛ bas.kɛt\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bien dans ses baskets” sits in French frequency

bien dans ses baskets falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bien dans ses baskets is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \bjɛ̃ dɑ̃ sɛ bas.kɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Confiant, maitre de soi, à l’aise.".

bien dans ses baskets doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bien dans ses baskets, spelled B-I-E-N- -D-A-N-S- -S-E-S- -B-A-S-K-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Confiant, maitre de soi, à l’aise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour être bien dans un couple, faut être bien dans ses baskets, tu sais.

Synonyms

bien dans sa peaubien dans ses pompes

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bien dans ses baskets"?
"bien dans ses baskets" is spelled B-I-E-N- -D-A-N-S- -S-E-S- -B-A-S-K-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bjɛ̃ dɑ̃ sɛ bas.kɛt\.
What does "bien dans ses baskets" mean?
As an adverb, "bien dans ses baskets" means: Confiant, maitre de soi, à l’aise.
How do you pronounce "bien dans ses baskets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bien dans ses baskets" is \bjɛ̃ dɑ̃ sɛ bas.kɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bien dans ses baskets" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list