Which to use
“basique” and “basiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,739
- “basique” frequency rank
- #18,407
- “basiques” frequency rank
- 32146
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | basique | basiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | De base, élémentaire, rudimentaire, fondamental. | Pluriel de basique. |
Same sound, different letters: basique vs basiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - basique and basiques
This is the hard kind. basique and basiques are pronounced identically (\ba.zik\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “basique” sits inside “basiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
basique is recorded at frequency rank #13,739, classified as anadj, pronounced \ba.zik\. basiques is at rank #18,407, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ba.zik\.
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 32146, this pair ranks #299,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of basique vs basiques
Shared letters: abeiqsu. Private to "basique": -. Private to "basiques": -.
"basique" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "basiques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "basique" and "basiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "basique" or "basiques"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "basique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "basiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #299,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "basique" and "basiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "barriques vs basiques". 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 #299,217 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.