Which to use
“baisse” and “baissée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,693
- “baisse” frequency rank
- #24,870
- “baissée” frequency rank
- 26563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baisse | baissée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de baisser de niveau. | Action de baisser. |
Where the eye mixes baisse and baissée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. baisse (\bɛs\) and baissée (\be.se\) 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 26563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baisse is recorded at frequency rank #1,693, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɛs\. baissée is at rank #24,870, tagged as anoun, pronounced \be.se\.
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 26563, this pair ranks #334,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of baisse vs baissée
Shared letters: abeis. Private to "baisse": -. Private to "baissée": é.
"baisse" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "baissée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- baisse ← abisse · basise · bbaisse · biasse