Which to use
“baille” and “bills” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,665
- “baille” frequency rank
- #38,677
- “bills” frequency rank
- 77342
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baille | bills |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Demi-futaille à un seul fond, en forme de baquet, qui sert à divers usages. | Pluriel de bill. |
Where the eye mixes baille and bills
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. baille runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against bills's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between baille and bills
A purely visual mix-up. baille (\baj\) and bills (\bil\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77342, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baille is recorded at frequency rank #38,665, classified as anoun, pronounced \baj\. bills is at rank #38,677, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bil\.
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 77342, this pair ranks #28,651 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of baille vs bills
Shared letters: bil. Private to "baille": ae. Private to "bills": s.
"baille" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "bills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "baille" for "bills" ever safe?
Which is more common, "baille" or "bills"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "baille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bills" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,651 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baille" and "bills" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baille vs brailler". 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 #28,651 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.