Which to use
“battra” and “battrai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,487
- “battra” frequency rank
- #48,359
- “battrai” frequency rank
- 78846
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | battra | battrai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de battre. | Première personne du singulier du futur de battre. |
Where the eye mixes battra and battrai
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. battra runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against battrai's 7 (CVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses battra with battrai
A purely visual mix-up. battra (\ba.tʁa\) and battrai (\ba.tʁe\) 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 extra letter(s) - “battra” sits inside “battrai”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78846, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
battra is recorded at frequency rank #30,487, classified as averb, pronounced \ba.tʁa\. battrai is at rank #48,359, tagged as averb, pronounced \ba.tʁe\.
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 78846, this pair ranks #24,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of battra vs battrai
Shared letters: abrt. Private to "battra": -. Private to "battrai": i.
"battra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "battrai" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "battra" and "battrai" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "battra" or "battrai" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "battra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "battrai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "battra" and "battrai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bara vs battra". 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 #24,737 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.