Which to use
“bâtiments” and “battements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,762
- “bâtiments” frequency rank
- #20,642
- “battements” frequency rank
- 23404
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bâtiments | battements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de bâtiment. | Pluriel de battement. |
Where the eye mixes bâtiments and battements
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. bâtiments runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCC) against battements's 10 (CVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bâtiments vs battements
A purely visual mix-up. bâtiments (\ba.ti.mɑ̃\) and battements (\bat.mɑ̃\) 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 23404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bâtiments is recorded at frequency rank #2,762, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.ti.mɑ̃\. battements is at rank #20,642, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bat.mɑ̃\.
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 23404, this pair ranks #352,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bâtiments vs battements
Shared letters: bemnst. Private to "bâtiments": iâ. Private to "battements": a.
"bâtiments" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC · "battements" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- battements ← abttements · batements · batetments · batteemnts · battemennts · battemenst · battementss · battementts
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bâtiments" for "battements" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bâtiments" vs "battements" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "bâtiments" and "battements" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bâtiments" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "battements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bâtiments" and "battements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "battement vs battements". 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 #352,683 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.