# battles vs battre

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### battles
*noun · IPA \ba.tœl\ · frequency rank #46,021*
Pluriel de battle.

### battre
*verb · IPA \batʁ\ · frequency rank #1,765*
Frapper de coups répétés.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/battles-vs-battre