Which to use
“bâties” and “battues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,788
- “bâties” frequency rank
- #22,778
- “battues” frequency rank
- 46566
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bâties | battues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de bâti. | Féminin pluriel de battu. |
Where the eye mixes bâties and battues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. bâties runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against battues's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bâties vs battues
A purely visual mix-up. bâties (\bɑ.ti\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bâties is recorded at frequency rank #23,788, classified as anadj, pronounced \bɑ.ti\. 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 46566, this pair ranks #193,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bâties vs battues
Shared letters: best. Private to "bâties": iâ. Private to "battues": au.
"bâties" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "battues" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- battues ← abttues · batteus · battuess · battuse · batues · batutes · bbattues · btatues
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bâties" for "battues" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bâties" vs "battues" - which ranks higher?
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 "bâties" 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 #193,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bâties" 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 #193,890 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.