Français homophones

baisse/baissent/baisses/bess/besse

"baisse" is a noun; "baissent" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #101 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "baisse" arrives as a noun, while "baissent" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "baisse" then splits - "baisse" (6 letters) vs "baissent" (8).
Shared stem "baisse" then splits - "baisse" (6 letters) vs "baisses" (7).
No shared spelling stem: "baisse" is 6 letters, "bess" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "baisse" is 6 letters, "besse" is 5; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "baisse" then splits - "baissent" (8 letters) vs "baisses" (7).
No shared spelling stem: "baissent" is 8 letters, "bess" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "baissent" is 8 letters, "besse" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "baisses" is 7 letters, "bess" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "baisses" is 7 letters, "besse" is 5; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "bess" then splits - "bess" (4 letters) vs "besse" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across baisse, baissent, baisses, bess, besse: bes. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

baisse
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCCV
Inventory abeis · private ai
baissent
8 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCCVCC
Inventory abeinst · private aint
baisses
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCCVC
Inventory abeis · private ai
bess
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory bes · no private letters vs siblings
besse
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory bes · no private letters vs siblings

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "baisse" when you mean: Action de baisser de niveau.
Write "baissent" when you mean: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe baisser.
Write "baisses" when you mean: Pluriel de baisse.
Write "bess" when you mean: Nom égyptien des nains mythologiques; ce sont des dieux nains, trapus, aux jambes courtes et à la barbe frisée.
Write "besse" when you mean: Qui concerne le peuple thrace des Besses.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

baisse ← abisse · basise · bbaisse · biasse
baissent ← abissent · baisesnt · baissennt · baissentt · baissetn · baissnet
baisses ← abisses · baisess · baissess · baissse · basises · bbaisses
bess ← bbess · bes · bses · ebss
besse ← bbesse · bese · beses · bsese · ebsse

Each spelling

baisse

noun · /\bɛs\/ · #1,693 frequency

Action de baisser de niveau.

baissent

verb · /\bɛs\/ · #17,629 frequency

Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe baisser.

baisses

noun · /\bɛs\/ · #15,096 frequency

Pluriel de baisse.

bess

noun · /\bɛs\/ · #44,891 frequency

Nom égyptien des nains mythologiques; ce sont des dieux nains, trapus, aux jambes courtes et à la barbe frisée.

besse

adjective · /\bɛs\/ · #39,178 frequency

Qui concerne le peuple thrace des Besses.