Which to use
“batterie” and “batteries” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,558
- “batterie” frequency rank
- #6,468
- “batteries” frequency rank
- 9026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | batterie | batteries |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Querelle où il y a des coups donnés. | Pluriel de batterie. |
Same sound, different letters: batterie vs batteries
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. batterie runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against batteries's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: batterie vs batteries
This is the hard kind. batterie and batteries are pronounced identically (\ba.tʁi\) 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) - “batterie” sits inside “batteries”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
batterie is recorded at frequency rank #2,558, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.tʁi\. batteries is at rank #6,468, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ba.tʁi\.
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 9026, this pair ranks #418,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of batterie vs batteries
Shared letters: abeirt. Private to "batterie": -. Private to "batteries": s.
"batterie" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "batteries" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "batterie" and "batteries" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "batterie" or "batteries"?
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 "batterie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "batteries" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #418,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "batterie" and "batteries" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bactérie vs batteries". 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 #418,056 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.