Which to use
“baiser” and “baisers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,909
- “baiser” frequency rank
- #13,972
- “baisers” frequency rank
- 16881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baiser | baisers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contact de la bouche sur le visage, sur les lèvres, sur quelque partie du corps d’un individu, par amitié, par amour, par désir, par civilité ou par respect. | Pluriel de baiser. |
Same sound, different letters: baiser vs baisers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. baiser runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against baisers's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - baiser and baisers
This is the hard kind. baiser and baisers are pronounced identically (\bɛ.ze\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “baiser” sits inside “baisers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baiser is recorded at frequency rank #2,909, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɛ.ze\. baisers is at rank #13,972, tagged as anoun, 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 16881, this pair ranks #385,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of baiser vs baisers
Shared letters: abeirs. Private to "baiser": -. Private to "baisers": -.
"baiser" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "baisers" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "baiser" and "baisers" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "baiser" or "baisers"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "baiser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "baisers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #385,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baiser" and "baisers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baisers vs baisez". 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 #385,801 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.