baissa

\bɛ.sa\

/\bɛ.sa\/ verb

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The verdict

“baissa” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,355. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,355
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de baisser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baissa · baissa · French

baissa · rank #48,355 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,355
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baisez

Nearest frequency peer: baisez (-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 « baissa »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « baissa » 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).

baissa vs bass
67% similar
baissa vs basse
67% similar
baissa vs basta
67% similar

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

Key facts for baissa
PropertyValue
Headwordbaissa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bɛ.sa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,355
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « baissa »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.baissase 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 « baisez » (#48,354), « banlieusards » (#48,356), « bafa » (#48,353). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baissa » est au #48,355. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around baissa (IPA \bɛ.sa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,355 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de baisser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for baissa, with forms such as "abissa", "baisa", and "baisas". 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, "bass", "basse", "basta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is baissa, spelled B-A-I-S-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de baisser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aussitôt l’intrus recula, baissa les yeux et, relevant les pans de sa pèlerine, affecta de se chauffer.
  2. Liliane se baissa et récupéra Hasna, qu’elle réinstalla dans le sac ventral.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abissa
  • baisa
  • baisas
  • basisa
  • bbaissa
  • biassa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baissa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abissa2baisa1baisas2basisa2bbaissa1biassa2
Edit distance from "baissa"

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 "baissa"?
"baissa" is spelled B-A-I-S-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛ.sa\.
What does "baissa" mean?
As a verb, "baissa" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de baisser.
What words are commonly confused with "baissa"?
"baissa" is commonly confused with "bass", "basse", "basta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baissa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baissa" is \bɛ.sa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baissa" come from?
"baissa" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

baisez#48,354Arbois#48,341brands#48,369Carnac#48,395

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

begin6 variantsAsean6 variantsAmiel6 variantscourra6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list