# basil vs basta

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### basil
*noun · IPA \ˈbæz.əl\ · frequency rank #37,195*
Basilic (Ocimum basilicum).

### basta
*intj · IPA \bas.ta\ · frequency rank #22,777*
Ça suffit. C'est assez.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/basil-vs-basta