Which to use
“battent” and “battit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,589
- “battent” frequency rank
- #40,622
- “battit” frequency rank
- 47211
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | battent | battit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe battre. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de battre. |
Where the eye mixes battent and battit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. battent runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against battit's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses battent with battit
A purely visual mix-up. battent (\bat\) and battit (\ba.ti\) 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 47211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
battent is recorded at frequency rank #6,589, classified as averb, pronounced \bat\. battit is at rank #40,622, tagged as averb, pronounced \ba.ti\.
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 47211, this pair ranks #188,677 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of battent vs battit
Shared letters: abt. Private to "battent": en. Private to "battit": i.
"battent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "battit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "battent" for "battit" ever safe?
Frequency check: "battent" vs "battit" - which ranks higher?
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 "battent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "battit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,677 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "battent" and "battit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "battit vs bottin". 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 #188,677 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.