Which to use
“balises” and “bâtisses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,370
- “balises” frequency rank
- #39,683
- “bâtisses” frequency rank
- 60053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | balises | bâtisses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de balise. | Pluriel de bâtisse. |
Where the eye mixes balises and bâtisses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. balises runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against bâtisses's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between balises and bâtisses
A purely visual mix-up. balises (\ba.liz\) and bâtisses (\bɑ.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 60053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
balises is recorded at frequency rank #20,370, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.liz\. bâtisses is at rank #39,683, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɑ.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 60053, this pair ranks #99,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of balises vs bâtisses
Shared letters: beis. Private to "balises": al. Private to "bâtisses": tâ.
"balises" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "bâtisses" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- balises ← ablises · bailses · baliess · balisess · balisses · ballises · balsies · bbalises
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "balises" and "bâtisses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "balises" vs "bâtisses" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "balises" and "bâtisses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "balises" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bâtisses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "balises" and "bâtisses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bâtisses vs bâtisseur". 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 #99,704 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.