Which to use
“bâti” is an adjective and “bats” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,534
- “bâti” frequency rank
- #10,277
- “bats” frequency rank
- 17811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bâti | bats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est construit. | Langue de la famille des langues nakho-daghestaniennes parlée par les Bats. |
Where the eye mixes bâti and bats
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: bâti vs bats
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bâti is \bɑ.ti\ while bats is \bats\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bâti is recorded at frequency rank #7,534, classified as anadj, pronounced \bɑ.ti\. bats is at rank #10,277, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bats\.
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 17811, this pair ranks #381,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bâti vs bats
Shared letters: bt. Private to "bâti": iâ. Private to "bats": as.
"bâti" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "bats" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bats ← abts · bast · batss · batts · bbats · btas
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bâti" and "bats" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "bâti" vs "bats" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "bâti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bâti" and "bats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bafa vs bats". 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 #381,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.