Which to use
“battait” and “battent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,098
- “battait” frequency rank
- #6,589
- “battent” frequency rank
- 21687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | battait | battent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe battre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe battre. |
Where the eye mixes battait and battent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: battait vs battent
A purely visual mix-up. battait (\ba.tɛ\) and battent (\bat\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
battait is recorded at frequency rank #15,098, classified as averb, pronounced \ba.tɛ\. battent is at rank #6,589, tagged as averb, pronounced \bat\.
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 21687, this pair ranks #361,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of battait vs battent
Shared letters: abt. Private to "battait": i. Private to "battent": en.
"battait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "battent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "battait" and "battent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "battait" vs "battent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "battait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "battent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "battait" and "battent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "battait vs battrai". 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 #361,938 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.