Which to use
“battage” and “battue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,824
- “battage” frequency rank
- #8,341
- “battue” frequency rank
- 44165
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | battage | battue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de battre les céréales, certains légumes ou certaines légumineuses pour séparer les tiges de la graine. | Action de plusieurs personnes qui battent les bois et les taillis pour en faire sortir le gibier. |
Where the eye mixes battage and battue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: battage vs battue
A purely visual mix-up. battage (\ba.taʒ\) and battue (\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 44165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
battage is recorded at frequency rank #35,824, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.taʒ\. battue is at rank #8,341, tagged as anoun, 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 44165, this pair ranks #212,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of battage vs battue
Shared letters: abet. Private to "battage": g. Private to "battue": u.
"battage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "battue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "battage" for "battue" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "battage" or "battue" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "battage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "battue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "battage" and "battue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bandage vs battage". 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 #212,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.