baisser d’un ton
\bɛ.se d‿œ̃ tɔ̃\
The verdict
“baisser d’un ton” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parler moins fort.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baisser-d-un-ton · baisser d’un ton · French
baisser d’un ton · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baisser d’un ton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bɛ.se d‿œ̃ tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
baisser d’un ton is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bɛ.se d‿œ̃ tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for baisser d’un ton, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is baisser d’un ton, spelled B-A-I-S-S-E-R- -D-’-U-N- -T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Parler moins fort.
- 2Faire les choses moins bien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how baisser d’un ton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je fais baisser d’un ton en parlant doucement, passe dans les rangs, vérifie chaque cahier et chaque titre.
Il avait crié plus fort qu’il ne l’aurait voulu. Il baissa d’un ton.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.