Which to use
“baigne” and “baignent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,658
- “baigne” frequency rank
- #38,163
- “baignent” frequency rank
- 56821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baigne | baignent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe baigner. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe baigner. |
Same sound, different letters: baigne vs baignent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. baigne runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against baignent's 8 (CVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - baigne and baignent
This is the hard kind. baigne and baignent are pronounced identically (\bɛɲ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “baigne” sits inside “baignent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baigne is recorded at frequency rank #18,658, classified as averb, pronounced \bɛɲ\. baignent is at rank #38,163, tagged as averb, pronounced \bɛɲ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 56821, this pair ranks #118,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of baigne vs baignent
Shared letters: abegin. Private to "baigne": -. Private to "baignent": t.
"baigne" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "baignent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "baigne" and "baignent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "baigne" or "baignent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "baigne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "baignent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baigne" and "baignent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baignant vs baignent". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #118,709 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.