Which to use
“bâches” and “Baltes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,783
- “bâches” frequency rank
- #24,118
- “Baltes” frequency rank
- 66901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bâches | Baltes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de bâche. | Pluriel de Balte. |
Where the eye mixes bâches and Baltes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. bâches and Baltes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses bâches with Baltes
A purely visual mix-up. bâches (\baʃ\) and Baltes (\balt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bâches is recorded at frequency rank #42,783, classified as anoun, pronounced \baʃ\. Baltes is at rank #24,118, tagged as anoun, pronounced \balt\.
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 66901, this pair ranks #65,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bâches vs Baltes
Shared letters: bes. Private to "bâches": châ. Private to "Baltes": alt.
"bâches" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Baltes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Baltes ← abltes · balets · balltes · baltess · baltse · balttes · batles · bbaltes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bâches" and "Baltes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "bâches" or "Baltes" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "bâches" and "Baltes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bâches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Baltes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bâches" and "Baltes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bâches vs biches". 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 #65,794 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.