Français homophones

baux/beau/beaux/bot/bots

"baux" is a noun; "beau" is an adjective - 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: "baux" arrives as a noun, while "beau" is an adjective. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

No shared spelling stem: "baux" is 4 letters, "beau" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "baux" is 4 letters, "beaux" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "baux" is 4 letters, "bot" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "baux" is 4 letters, "bots" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "beau" then splits - "beau" (4 letters) vs "beaux" (5).
No shared spelling stem: "beau" is 4 letters, "bot" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "beau" is 4 letters, "bots" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "beaux" is 5 letters, "bot" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "beaux" is 5 letters, "bots" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "bot" then splits - "bot" (3 letters) vs "bots" (4).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across baux, beau, beaux, bot, bots: b. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

baux
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory abux · private aux
beau
4 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVV
Inventory abeu · private aeu
beaux
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVVC
Inventory abeux · private aeux
bot
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory bot · private ot
bots
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory bost · private ost

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "baux" when you mean: Pluriel de bau.
Write "beau" when you mean: D’aspect agréable à l’œil ou à l’oreille.
Write "beaux" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de beau.
Write "bot" when you mean: Déformé, atteint par une contracture ou une lésion permanente des muscles.
Write "bots" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de bot.

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

baux ← abux · bauxx · baxu · bbaux · buax
beau ← baeu · bbeau · beua · ebau
beaux ← baeux · bbeaux · beauxx · beaxu · beuax · ebaux
bots ← bbots · botss · botts · btos · obts

Each spelling

baux

noun · /\bo\/ · #18,408 frequency

Pluriel de bau.

beau

adjective · /\bo\/ · #446 frequency

D’aspect agréable à l’œil ou à l’oreille.

beaux

adjective · /\bo\/ · #1,247 frequency

Masculin pluriel de beau.

bot

adjective · /\bo\/ · #11,002 frequency

Déformé, atteint par une contracture ou une lésion permanente des muscles.

bots

adjective · /\bo\/ · #30,493 frequency

Masculin pluriel de bot.