baulevsbrûlezConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#29,244
“baule” frequency rank
#35,408
“brûlez” frequency rank
64652
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature baule brûlez
Definition Danse. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe brûler.

Letter map: baule vs brûlez

Shared letters muted; letters that set baule and brûlez apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. baule runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against brûlez's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
baule
6 ch
brûlez

Grammar separator: baule vs brûlez

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: baule is anoun and brûlezaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

baule is recorded at frequency rank #29,244, classified as anoun. brûlez is at rank #35,408, tagged as averb, pronounced \bʁy.le\.

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 64652, this pair ranks #76,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of baule vs brûlez

Shared letters: bel. Private to "baule": au. Private to "brûlez": rzû.

"baule" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "brûlez" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • baule ← abule · balue · bauel · baulle · bbaule · buale

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "baule" for "brûlez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "baule" is a noun and "brûlez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "baule" or "brûlez"?
"baule" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,244 in our French list, against #35,408 for "brûlez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "baule" vs "brûlez" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "baule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "brûlez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #76,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "baule" and "brûlez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "basale vs baule". 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 #76,012 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