baiséevsbiaiséeConfusable pair

Which to use

“baisée” and “biaisée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,240
“baisée” frequency rank
#43,805
“biaisée” frequency rank
73045
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature baisée biaisée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe baiser. Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe biaiser.

Where the eye mixes baisée and biaisée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. baisée runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against biaisée's 7 (CVVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
baisée
7 ch
biaisée

Why the eye confuses baisée with biaisée

A purely visual mix-up. baisée (\bɛ.ze\) and biaisée (\bjɛ.ze\) 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 73045, 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\. biaisée is at rank #43,805, tagged as averb, 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 73045, this pair ranks #41,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of baisée vs biaisée

Shared letters: abeisé. Private to "baisée": -. Private to "biaisée": -.

"baisée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "biaisée" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "baisée" for "biaisée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\bɛ.ze\ versus \bjɛ.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "baisée" or "biaisée" show up more?
"baisée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,240 in our French list, against #43,805 for "biaisée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "baisée" and "biaisée" 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 "biaisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "baisée" and "biaisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baisez vs biaisée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #41,821 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