baiséevsbiaiséTell them apart

Quick tell: baisée is a verb, biaisé is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“baisée” is a verb and “biaisé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,240
“baisée” frequency rank
#43,293
“biaisé” frequency rank
72533
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature baisée biaisé
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe baiser. Qui est en biais, oblique.

Where the eye mixes baisée and biaisé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. baisée (CVVCVV) and biaisé (CVVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
baisée
6 ch
biaisé

Look-alike desk: baisée vs biaisé

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: baisée is \bɛ.ze\ while biaisé is \bjɛ.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72533, 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\. biaisé is at rank #43,293, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bjɛ.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 72533, this pair ranks #43,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of baisée vs biaisé

Shared letters: abisé. Private to "baisée": e. Private to "biaisé": -.

"baisée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "biaisé" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "baisée" for "biaisé" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "baisée" is a verb and "biaisé" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "baisée" or "biaisé"?
"baisée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,240 in our French list, against #43,293 for "biaisé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "baisée" and "biaisé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "baisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "biaisé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "baisée" and "biaisé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baisez vs biaisé". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #43,695 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list