baissez

/\bɛ.se\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,165

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

baissez is aFrenchverb. It means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe baisser. Pronounced \bɛ.se\. Often confused with basse and basses.

Key facts for baissez
PropertyValue
Headwordbaissez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bɛ.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,165
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of baissez in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for baissez is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɛ.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,165 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for baissez, with forms such as "abissez", "baisesz", and "baissezz". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "basse", "basses", "basset", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is baissez, spelled B-A-I-S-S-E-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe baisser.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif du verbe baisser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abissez,baisesz,baissezz,baissze,basisez,bbaissez,biassez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for baissez

Misspelling Variants of "baissez"

abissez7baisesz7baissezz8baissze7basisez7bbaissez8biassez7
Misspelling Variants of "baissez"

Frequency rank: #38,165 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baissez"?
"baissez" is spelled B-A-I-S-S-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛ.se\.
What does "baissez" mean?
As a verb, "baissez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe baisser.
What words are commonly confused with "baissez"?
"baissez" is commonly confused with "basse", "basses", "basset". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baissez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baissez" is \bɛ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baissez" come from?
"baissez" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.