# basil vs bazin

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### bazin
*noun · IPA \ba.zɛ̃\ · frequency rank #28,071*
Variante de basin.

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