Which to use
“basée” is an adjective and “basile” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,126
- “basée” frequency rank
- #20,933
- “basile” frequency rank
- 25059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | basée | basile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de basé. | Inclinaison du fer d’un rabot, d’une varlope. |
Where the eye mixes basée and basile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: basée vs basile
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: basée is \ba.ze\ while basile is \ba.sil\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
basée is recorded at frequency rank #4,126, classified as anadj, pronounced \ba.ze\. basile is at rank #20,933, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ba.sil\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 25059, this pair ranks #343,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of basée vs basile
Shared letters: abes. Private to "basée": é. Private to "basile": il.
"basée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "basile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- basile ← absile · baisle · basiel · basille · baslie · bassile · bbasile · bsaile
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "basée" and "basile" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "basée" vs "basile" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "basée" and "basile" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "basée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "basile" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "basée" and "basile" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "basale vs basile". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #343,032 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.