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.
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?
Which is more common, "baisée" or "biaisé"?
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.