Which to use
“abat” and “abats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,305
- “abat” frequency rank
- #39,618
- “abats” frequency rank
- 52923
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abat | abats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fait d’abattre, au sens de tuer. | Pluriel de abat. |
Same sound, different letters: abat vs abats
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. abat runs 4 letters (VCVC) against abats's 5 (VCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - abat / abats
This is the hard kind. abat and abats are pronounced identically (\a.ba\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “abat” sits inside “abats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abat is recorded at frequency rank #13,305, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ba\. abats is at rank #39,618, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ba\.
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 52923, this pair ranks #144,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abat vs abats
Shared letters: abt. Private to "abat": -. Private to "abats": s.
"abat" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "abats" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abat" and "abats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "abat" vs "abats" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "abat" / "abats". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "abat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abat" and "abats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aba vs abats". 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 #144,325 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.