Which to use
“barrez” and “battez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,019
- “barrez” frequency rank
- #22,497
- “battez” frequency rank
- 68516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | barrez | battez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe barrer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe battre. |
Where the eye mixes barrez and battez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. barrez and battez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: barrez vs battez
A purely visual mix-up. barrez (\ba.ʁe\) and battez (\ba.te\) 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 68516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
barrez is recorded at frequency rank #46,019, classified as averb, pronounced \ba.ʁe\. battez is at rank #22,497, tagged as averb, pronounced \ba.te\.
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 68516, this pair ranks #58,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of barrez vs battez
Shared letters: abez. Private to "barrez": r. Private to "battez": t.
"barrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "battez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "barrez" and "battez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "barrez" or "battez" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "barrez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "battez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "barrez" and "battez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baisez vs barrez". 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 #58,869 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.