Which to use
“banni” and “bâti” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,309
- “banni” frequency rank
- #7,534
- “bâti” frequency rank
- 22843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banni | bâti |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est renvoyé, interdit de séjour. | Qui est construit. |
Where the eye mixes banni and bâti
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: banni vs bâti
A purely visual mix-up. banni (\ba.ni\) and bâti (\bɑ.ti\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banni is recorded at frequency rank #15,309, classified as anadj, pronounced \ba.ni\. bâti is at rank #7,534, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bɑ.ti\.
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 22843, this pair ranks #355,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of banni vs bâti
Shared letters: bi. Private to "banni": an. Private to "bâti": tâ.
"banni" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "bâti" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- banni ← abnni · banin · bbanni · bnani
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "banni" for "bâti" ever safe?
Frequency check: "banni" vs "bâti" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "banni" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bâti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #355,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banni" and "bâti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bane vs banni". 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 #355,839 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.