baisseravsbaissesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#46,598
“baissera” frequency rank
#15,096
“baisses” frequency rank
61694
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature baissera baisses
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe baisser. Pluriel de baisse.

Where the eye mixes baissera and baisses

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. baissera runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against baisses's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
baissera
7 ch
baisses

Why the eye confuses baissera with baisses

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: baissera is \bɛ.sə.ʁa\ while baisses is \bɛs\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

baissera is recorded at frequency rank #46,598, classified as averb, pronounced \bɛ.sə.ʁa\. baisses is at rank #15,096, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɛs\.

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 61694, this pair ranks #90,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of baissera vs baisses

Shared letters: abeis. Private to "baissera": r. Private to "baisses": -.

"baissera" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV  ·  "baisses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • baisseraabissera · baisera · baisesra · baissear · baisserra · baissrea · basisera · bbaissera
  • baissesabisses · baisess · baissess · baissse · basises · bbaisses · biasses

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "baissera" and "baisses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "baissera" is a verb and "baisses" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "baissera" or "baisses"?
"baisses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,096 in our French list, against #46,598 for "baissera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "baissera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "baisses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #90,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "baissera" and "baisses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baissa vs baissera". 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 #90,946 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