lâcher les basques
\lɑ.ʃe lɛ bask\
The verdict
“lâcher les basques” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laisser tranquille, en paix.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lacher-les-basques · lâcher les basques · French
lâcher les basques · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « lâcher les basques » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lâcher les basques is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \lɑ.ʃe lɛ bask\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.