Which to use
“basques” and “battues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,661
- “basques” frequency rank
- #22,778
- “battues” frequency rank
- 41439
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | basques | battues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de basque. | Féminin pluriel de battu. |
Where the eye mixes basques and battues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses basques with battues
A purely visual mix-up. basques (\bask\) and battues (\ba.ty\) 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 41439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
basques is recorded at frequency rank #18,661, classified as anadj, pronounced \bask\. battues is at rank #22,778, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ba.ty\.
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 41439, this pair ranks #233,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of basques vs battues
Shared letters: abesu. Private to "basques": q. Private to "battues": t.
"basques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "battues" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "basques" and "battues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "basques" or "battues" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "basques" and "battues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "basques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "battues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "basques" and "battues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "batteurs vs battues". 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 #233,086 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.