Which to use
“baissent” and “bossent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,629
- “baissent” frequency rank
- #22,781
- “bossent” frequency rank
- 40410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baissent | bossent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe baisser. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe bosser. |
Where the eye mixes baissent and bossent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. baissent runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against bossent's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: baissent vs bossent
A purely visual mix-up. baissent (\bɛs\) and bossent (\bɔs\) 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 40410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baissent is recorded at frequency rank #17,629, classified as averb, pronounced \bɛs\. bossent is at rank #22,781, tagged as averb, pronounced \bɔs\.
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 40410, this pair ranks #240,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of baissent vs bossent
Shared letters: benst. Private to "baissent": ai. Private to "bossent": o.
"baissent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "bossent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "baissent" and "bossent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "baissent" or "bossent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "baissent" and "bossent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "baissent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bossent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baissent" and "bossent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bossent vs bosseur". 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 #240,727 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.