lâcher les basques
\lɑ.ʃe lɛ bask\
The verdict
“lâcher les basques” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Laisser tranquille, en paix.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lâcher les basques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɑ.ʃe lɛ bask\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lâcher les basques” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for lâcher les basques is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ.ʃe lɛ bask\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Laisser tranquille, en paix.".
lâcher les basques doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lâcher les basques, spelled L-Â-C-H-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-A-S-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Laisser tranquille, en paix.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “lâcher les basques”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-Â-C-H-E-R- -L-E-S- -B-A-S-Q-U-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɑ.ʃe lɛ bask\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.