Which to use
“battles” and “battue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,021
- “battles” frequency rank
- #8,341
- “battue” frequency rank
- 54362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | battles | battue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de battle. | Action de plusieurs personnes qui battent les bois et les taillis pour en faire sortir le gibier. |
Where the eye mixes battles and battue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between battles and battue
A purely visual mix-up. battles (\ba.tœl\) 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 54362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
battles is recorded at frequency rank #46,021, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.tœl\. 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 54362, this pair ranks #134,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of battles vs battue
Shared letters: abet. Private to "battles": ls. Private to "battue": u.
"battles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "battue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "battles" and "battue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "battles" or "battue" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "battles" 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 #134,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "battles" and "battue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "battles vs battons". 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 #134,569 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.