Which to use
“bannit” and “bâtit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,178
- “bannit” frequency rank
- #28,084
- “bâtit” frequency rank
- 70262
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bannit | bâtit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de bannir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de bâtir. |
Where the eye mixes bannit and bâtit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses bannit with bâtit
A purely visual mix-up. bannit (\ba.ni\) and bâtit (\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 70262, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bannit is recorded at frequency rank #42,178, classified as averb, pronounced \ba.ni\. bâtit is at rank #28,084, tagged as averb, 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 70262, this pair ranks #52,025 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bannit vs bâtit
Shared letters: bit. Private to "bannit": an. Private to "bâtit": â.
"bannit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "bâtit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bannit ← abnnit · banint · banit · bannitt · bannti · bbannit · bnanit
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bannit" for "bâtit" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bannit" vs "bâtit" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bannit" and "bâtit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bannit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bâtit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,025 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bannit" and "bâtit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bannit vs battit". 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 #52,025 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.