Which to use
“battre” is a verb and “battue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,765
- “battre” frequency rank
- #8,341
- “battue” frequency rank
- 10106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | battre | battue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Frapper de coups répétés. | Action de plusieurs personnes qui battent les bois et les taillis pour en faire sortir le gibier. |
Where the eye mixes battre and battue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. battre (CVCCCV) and battue (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between battre and battue
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: battre is \batʁ\ while battue is \ba.ty\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “battre” becomes u in “battue”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
battre is recorded at frequency rank #1,765, classified as averb, pronounced \batʁ\. 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 10106, this pair ranks #414,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of battre vs battue
Shared letters: abet. Private to "battre": r. Private to "battue": u.
"battre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "battue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "battre" and "battue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "battre" vs "battue" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "battre" and "battue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "battre" 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 #414,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "battre" and "battue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "battles vs battue". 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 #414,200 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.