Which to use
“basket” and “baskets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,211
- “basket” frequency rank
- #11,719
- “baskets” frequency rank
- 15930
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | basket | baskets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Basket-ball (abréviation courante). | Pluriel de basket. |
Same sound, different letters: basket vs baskets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - basket and baskets
This is the hard kind. basket and baskets are pronounced identically (\bas.kɛt\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “basket” sits inside “baskets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15930, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
basket is recorded at frequency rank #4,211, classified as anoun, pronounced \bas.kɛt\. baskets is at rank #11,719, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bas.kɛt\.
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 15930, this pair ranks #390,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of basket vs baskets
Shared letters: abekst. Private to "basket": -. Private to "baskets": -.
"basket" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "baskets" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "basket" and "baskets" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "basket" vs "baskets" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "basket" / "baskets". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "basket" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "baskets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "basket" and "baskets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baskets vs basset". 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 #390,211 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.