Which to use
“baignée” and “baigner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,164
- “baignée” frequency rank
- #12,319
- “baigner” frequency rank
- 50483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baignée | baigner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe baigner. | Immerger et faire séjourner un corps plus ou moins longtemps dans l’eau ou dans quelque autre liquide. |
Same sound, different letters: baignée vs baigner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. baignée (CVVCCVV) and baigner (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - baignée and baigner
This is the hard kind. baignée and baigner are pronounced identically (\be.ɲe\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baignée is recorded at frequency rank #38,164, classified as averb, pronounced \be.ɲe\. baigner is at rank #12,319, tagged as averb, pronounced \be.ɲe\.
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 50483, this pair ranks #162,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of baignée vs baigner
Shared letters: abegin. Private to "baignée": é. Private to "baigner": r.
"baignée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "baigner" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- baigner ← abigner · baginer · baigenr · baiggner · baignerr · baignner · baignre · bainger
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "baignée" for "baigner" ever safe?
Which is more common, "baignée" or "baigner"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "baignée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "baigner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baignée" and "baigner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baignée vs beignet". 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 #162,268 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.