Which to use
“baisée” and “baisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,240
- “baisée” frequency rank
- #48,354
- “baisez” frequency rank
- 77594
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baisée | baisez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe baiser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe baiser. |
Same sound, different letters: baisée vs baisez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. baisée (CVVCVV) and baisez (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - baisée / baisez
This is the hard kind. baisée and baisez are pronounced identically (\bɛ.ze\) 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 77594, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baisée is recorded at frequency rank #29,240, classified as averb, pronounced \bɛ.ze\. baisez is at rank #48,354, tagged as averb, pronounced \bɛ.ze\.
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 77594, this pair ranks #27,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of baisée vs baisez
Shared letters: abeis. Private to "baisée": é. Private to "baisez": z.
"baisée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "baisez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- baisez ← abisez · baiesz · baisezz · baisze · basiez · bbaisez · biasez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "baisée" for "baisez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "baisée" vs "baisez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"baisée" and "baisez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "baisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "baisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,915 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baisée" and "baisez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baisez vs baissa". 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 #27,915 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.