Which to use
“balise” and “bâtisse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,214
- “balise” frequency rank
- #19,466
- “bâtisse” frequency rank
- 38680
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | balise | bâtisse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tout moyen de marquage d’un point de la surface terrestre. | Action ou manière de bâtir. |
Where the eye mixes balise and bâtisse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. balise runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against bâtisse's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between balise and bâtisse
A purely visual mix-up. balise (\ba.liz\) and bâtisse (\ba.tis\) 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 38680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
balise is recorded at frequency rank #19,214, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.liz\. bâtisse is at rank #19,466, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ba.tis\.
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 38680, this pair ranks #253,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of balise vs bâtisse
Shared letters: beis. Private to "balise": al. Private to "bâtisse": tâ.
"balise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "bâtisse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- balise ← ablise · bailse · balies · balisse · ballise · balsie · bbalise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "balise" for "bâtisse" ever safe?
Frequency check: "balise" vs "bâtisse" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "balise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bâtisse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "balise" and "bâtisse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baissa vs bâtisse". 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 #253,570 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.