Which to use
“baisée” is a verb and “balise” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,240
- “baisée” frequency rank
- #19,214
- “balise” frequency rank
- 48454
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baisée | balise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe baiser. | Tout moyen de marquage d’un point de la surface terrestre. |
Where the eye mixes baisée and balise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. baisée (CVVCVV) and balise (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between baisée and balise
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: baisée is \bɛ.ze\ while balise is \ba.liz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48454, 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\. balise is at rank #19,214, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ba.liz\.
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 48454, this pair ranks #178,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of baisée vs balise
Shared letters: abeis. Private to "baisée": é. Private to "balise": l.
"baisée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "balise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- balise ← ablise · bailse · balies · balisse · ballise · balsie · bbalise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "baisée" for "balise" ever safe?
Which is more common, "baisée" or "balise"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "baisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "balise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baisée" and "balise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baisée vs Banshee". 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 #178,805 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.