Battle royal or battle royale?
battle royal is a noun meaning “A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until…”; battle royale is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of battle royal”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word.
What is the difference between battle royal and battle royale?
| battle royal | battle royale | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing A heated discussion or debate | A video game genre centered around survival, exploration and scavenging, with last-man-standing gameplay |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌbætl̩ ɹɔɪˈæl/ | /ˌbætl̩ ɹɔɪˈæl/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | not counted (the list counts single words) |
Sources: battle royal and battle royale in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of battle royal and battle royale
battle royal
- 1
A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing
- 2
Alternative spelling of battle royal
- 3
A heated discussion or debate
battle royale
- 1
Alternative spelling of battle royal
- 2
Alternative form of battle royal
- 3
A video game genre centered around survival, exploration and scavenging, with last-man-standing gameplay
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.