Which to use
“bataillon” and “bataillons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,071
- “bataillon” frequency rank
- #13,520
- “bataillons” frequency rank
- 21591
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bataillon | bataillons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troupe en ordre de bataille. | Pluriel de bataillon. |
Same sound, different letters: bataillon vs bataillons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - bataillon / bataillons
This is the hard kind. bataillon and bataillons are pronounced identically (\ba.ta.jɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “bataillon” sits inside “bataillons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bataillon is recorded at frequency rank #8,071, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.ta.jɔ̃\. bataillons is at rank #13,520, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ba.ta.jɔ̃\.
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 21591, this pair ranks #362,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bataillon vs bataillons
Shared letters: abilnot. Private to "bataillon": -. Private to "bataillons": s.
"bataillon" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "bataillons" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bataillon ← abtaillon · baatillon · bataillno · bataillonn · batailoln · batailon · batalilon · batiallon
- bataillons ← abtaillons · baatillons · bataillnos · bataillonns · bataillonss · bataillosn · batailolns · batailons
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bataillon" for "bataillons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bataillon" vs "bataillons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"bataillon" and "bataillons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "bataillon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bataillons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bataillon" and "bataillons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bâillon vs bataillon". 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 #362,381 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.