Which to use
“basile” and “bassine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,933
- “basile” frequency rank
- #33,566
- “bassine” frequency rank
- 54499
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | basile | bassine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Inclinaison du fer d’un rabot, d’une varlope. | Sorte de bassin en métal, large et profond dont on se sert pour y faire chauffer, bouillir, fondre, cuire, etc., diverses substances. |
Where the eye mixes basile and bassine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. basile runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against bassine's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: basile vs bassine
A purely visual mix-up. basile (\ba.sil\) and bassine (\ba.sin\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
basile is recorded at frequency rank #20,933, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.sil\. bassine is at rank #33,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ba.sin\.
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 54499, this pair ranks #133,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of basile vs bassine
Shared letters: abeis. Private to "basile": l. Private to "bassine": n.
"basile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "bassine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "basile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bassine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "basile" and "bassine" 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 #133,607 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.