Which to use
“batte” and “butée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,662
- “batte” frequency rank
- #46,043
- “butée” frequency rank
- 64705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | batte | butée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instrument qui sert à battre, à tasser, à fouler et dont la forme varie suivant les métiers. | Dispositif servant à délimiter la course d’une pièce mobile. |
Where the eye mixes batte and butée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: batte vs butée
A purely visual mix-up. batte (\bat\) and butée (\by.te\) 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 64705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
batte is recorded at frequency rank #18,662, classified as anoun, pronounced \bat\. butée is at rank #46,043, tagged as anoun, pronounced \by.te\.
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 64705, this pair ranks #75,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of batte vs butée
Shared letters: bet. Private to "batte": a. Private to "butée": ué.
"batte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "butée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- batte ← abtte · bate · batet · bbatte · btate
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "batte" for "butée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "batte" vs "butée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "batte" and "butée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "batte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "butée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "batte" and "butée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "buses vs butée". 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 #75,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.