Which to use
“battez” and “battit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,497
- “battez” frequency rank
- #40,622
- “battit” frequency rank
- 63119
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | battez | battit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe battre. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de battre. |
Where the eye mixes battez and battit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. battez and battit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between battez and battit
A purely visual mix-up. battez (\ba.te\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63119, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
battez is recorded at frequency rank #22,497, classified as averb, pronounced \ba.te\. 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 63119, this pair ranks #83,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of battez vs battit
Shared letters: abt. Private to "battez": ez. Private to "battit": i.
"battez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "battit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "battez" for "battit" ever safe?
Frequency check: "battez" vs "battit" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "battez" 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 #83,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "battez" 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 #83,654 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.