Which to use
“battait” and “battrai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,098
- “battait” frequency rank
- #48,359
- “battrai” frequency rank
- 63457
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | battait | battrai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe battre. | Première personne du singulier du futur de battre. |
Where the eye mixes battait and battrai
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. battait (CVCCVVC) and battrai (CVCCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: battait vs battrai
A purely visual mix-up. battait (\ba.tɛ\) and battrai (\ba.tʁe\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63457, 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\. battrai is at rank #48,359, tagged as averb, pronounced \ba.tʁe\.
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 63457, this pair ranks #81,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of battait vs battrai
Shared letters: abit. Private to "battait": -. Private to "battrai": r.
"battait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "battrai" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "battait" and "battrai" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "battait" or "battrai" show up more?
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 "battait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "battrai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "battait" and "battrai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "battra 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 #81,858 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.