baisersvsbaisezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: baisers is a noun, baisez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“baisers” is a noun and “baisez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,972
“baisers” frequency rank
#48,354
“baisez” frequency rank
62326
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature baisers baisez
Definition Pluriel de baiser. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe baiser.

Same sound, different letters: baisers vs baisez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. baisers runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against baisez's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
baisers
6 ch
baisez

Ear matches; page differs - baisers and baisez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: baisers and baisez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \bɛ.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

baisers is recorded at frequency rank #13,972, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɛ.ze\. baisez is at rank #48,354, tagged as averb, 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 62326, this pair ranks #87,724 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of baisers vs baisez

Shared letters: abeis. Private to "baisers": r. Private to "baisez": z.

"baisers" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC  ·  "baisez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • baisersabisers · baiesrs · baiserrs · baiserss · baisres · baissers · basiers · bbaisers
  • baisezabisez · baiesz · baisezz · baisze · basiez · bbaisez · biasez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "baisers" and "baisez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "baisers" is a noun and "baisez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "baisers" vs "baisez" - which ranks higher?
"baisers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,972 in our French list, against #48,354 for "baisez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "baisers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "baisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,724 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "baisers" and "baisez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baisez vs baissa". 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 #87,724 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