Which to use
“battement” and “battements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,561
- “battement” frequency rank
- #20,642
- “battements” frequency rank
- 46203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | battement | battements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de battre, en parlant des choses. | Pluriel de battement. |
Same sound, different letters: battement vs battements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. battement runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against battements's 10 (CVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - battement / battements
This is the hard kind. battement and battements are pronounced identically (\bat.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “battement” sits inside “battements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
battement is recorded at frequency rank #25,561, classified as anoun, pronounced \bat.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 46203, this pair ranks #196,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of battement vs battements
Shared letters: abemnt. Private to "battement": -. Private to "battements": s.
"battement" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "battements" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- battement ← abttement · batement · batetment · batteemnt · battemennt · battementt · battemetn · battemment
- battements ← abttements · batements · batetments · batteemnts · battemennts · battemenst · battementss · battementts
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "battement" for "battements" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "battement" or "battements" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "battement" 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 #196,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "battement" and "battements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "battaient vs battement". 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 #196,793 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.