Which to use
“battue” and “bette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,341
- “battue” frequency rank
- #35,827
- “bette” frequency rank
- 44168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | battue | bette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de plusieurs personnes qui battent les bois et les taillis pour en faire sortir le gibier. | Beta, genre de plantes de la famille des Amaranthacées. |
Where the eye mixes battue and bette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. battue runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against bette's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between battue and bette
A purely visual mix-up. battue (\ba.ty\) and bette (\bɛt\) 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 44168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
battue is recorded at frequency rank #8,341, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.ty\. bette is at rank #35,827, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɛt\.
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 44168, this pair ranks #212,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of battue vs bette
Shared letters: bet. Private to "battue": au. Private to "bette": -.
"battue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "bette" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "battue" for "bette" ever safe?
Frequency check: "battue" vs "bette" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "battue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "battue" and "bette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beton vs bette". 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 #212,514 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.