Which to use
“batteur” and “battue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,740
- “batteur” frequency rank
- #8,341
- “battue” frequency rank
- 22081
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | batteur | battue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui aime à battre, à frapper. | Action de plusieurs personnes qui battent les bois et les taillis pour en faire sortir le gibier. |
Where the eye mixes batteur and battue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. batteur runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against battue's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: batteur vs battue
A purely visual mix-up. batteur (\ba.tœʁ\) and battue (\ba.ty\) 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 22081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
batteur is recorded at frequency rank #13,740, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.tœʁ\. battue is at rank #8,341, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ba.ty\.
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 22081, this pair ranks #359,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of batteur vs battue
Shared letters: abetu. Private to "batteur": r. Private to "battue": -.
"batteur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "battue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "batteur" for "battue" ever safe?
Frequency check: "batteur" vs "battue" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "batteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "battue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "batteur" and "battue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "batteur vs batteurs". 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 #359,901 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.