Which to use
“battez” and “botter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,497
- “battez” frequency rank
- #33,579
- “botter” frequency rank
- 56076
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | battez | botter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe battre. | Frapper à l’aide du pied. |
Where the eye mixes battez and botter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. battez and botter 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 botter
A purely visual mix-up. battez (\ba.te\) and botter (\bɔ.te\) 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 56076, 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\. botter is at rank #33,579, tagged as averb, pronounced \bɔ.te\.
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 56076, this pair ranks #123,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of battez vs botter
Shared letters: bet. Private to "battez": az. Private to "botter": or.
"battez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "botter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "battez" and "botter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "battez" or "botter"?
Useful next steps
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 "botter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #123,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "battez" and "botter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "botter vs brouter". 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 #123,393 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.