Which to use
“bactéries” and “batteries” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,811
- “bactéries” frequency rank
- #6,468
- “batteries” frequency rank
- 15279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bactéries | batteries |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de bactérie. | Pluriel de batterie. |
Where the eye mixes bactéries and batteries
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. bactéries and batteries follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: bactéries vs batteries
A purely visual mix-up. bactéries (\bak.te.ʁi\) and batteries (\ba.tʁi\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bactéries is recorded at frequency rank #8,811, classified as anoun, pronounced \bak.te.ʁi\. batteries is at rank #6,468, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ba.tʁi\.
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 15279, this pair ranks #393,053 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bactéries vs batteries
Shared letters: abeirst. Private to "bactéries": cé. Private to "batteries": -.
"bactéries" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "batteries" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- batteries ← abtteries · bateries · batetries · batteires · battereis · batteriess · batterise · batterries
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bactéries" for "batteries" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bactéries" or "batteries"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "bactéries" and "batteries" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bactéries" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "batteries" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,053 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bactéries" and "batteries" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bactérie vs bactéries". 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 #393,053 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.