Which to use
“bara” and “battra” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,884
- “bara” frequency rank
- #30,487
- “battra” frequency rank
- 75371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bara | battra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Travailler. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de battre. |
Where the eye mixes bara and battra
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. bara runs 4 letters (CVCV) against battra's 6 (CVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between bara and battra
A purely visual mix-up. bara (\ba.ʁa\) and battra (\ba.tʁa\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bara is recorded at frequency rank #44,884, classified as averb, pronounced \ba.ʁa\. battra is at rank #30,487, tagged as averb, pronounced \ba.tʁa\.
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 75371, this pair ranks #34,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bara vs battra
Shared letters: abr. Private to "bara": -. Private to "battra": t.
"bara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "battra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bara" for "battra" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bara" or "battra"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "battra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bara" and "battra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bara vs bury". 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 #34,293 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.