baiser

\bɛ.ze\

/\bɛ.ze\/ noun

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The verdict

“baiser” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,909
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contact de la bouche sur le visage, sur les lèvres, sur quelque partie du corps d’un individu, par amitié, par amour, par désir, par civilité ou par respect.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baiser · baiser · French

baiser · rank #2,909 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,909
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH architecture

Nearest frequency peer: architecture (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « baiser »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « baiser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

baiser vs Base
50% similar
baiser vs basse
67% similar
baiser vs bases
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for baiser
PropertyValue
Headwordbaiser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛ.ze\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,909
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « baiser »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).baiserse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « architecture » (#2,908), « bourse » (#2,910), « alerte » (#2,907). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baiser » est au #2,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around baiser (IPA \bɛ.ze\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,909 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for baiser, with forms such as "abiser", "baiesr", and "baiserr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Base", "basse", "bases", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is baiser, spelled B-A-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contact de la bouche sur le visage, sur les lèvres, sur quelque partie du corps d’un individu, par amitié, par amour, par désir, par civilité ou par respect.
  2. 2
    Geste de simulation d’un baiser où l’on porte sa main aux lèvres, à l’adresse d’une ou plusieurs personnes.
  3. 3
    Sorte de meringue double, spécialité de la ville belge de Malmedy, en Wallonie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how baiser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il y avait en outre une dent d’Abeilard et une dent d’Héloïse, deux blanches incisives, qui, du temps où elles étaient recouvertes par leurs lèvres frémissantes, s’étaient peut-être rencontrées dans un baiser.
  2. Poète, prends ton luth et me donne un baiser.

This word in other languages

kiss(English)beso(Español)Kuss(Deutsch)beijo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abiser
  • baiesr
  • baiserr
  • baisre
  • basier
  • bbaiser
  • biaser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baiser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abiser2baiesr2baiserr1baisre2basier2bbaiser1biaser2
Edit distance from "baiser"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baiser"?
"baiser" is spelled B-A-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛ.ze\.
What does "baiser" mean?
As a noun, "baiser" means: Contact de la bouche sur le visage, sur les lèvres, sur quelque partie du corps d’un individu, par amitié, par amour, par désir, par civilité ou par respect.
What words are commonly confused with "baiser"?
"baiser" is commonly confused with "Base", "basse", "bases". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baiser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baiser" is \bɛ.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baiser" come from?
"baiser" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baiser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bourse#2,910alerte#2,907connus#2,914crimes#2,916

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

coûte7 variantsrepos7 variantsoffres7 variantsSimon7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list