batiste
/bəˈtiːst/
"batiste" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“batiste” is uncommon English (frequency #80,232 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,232
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | batiste |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bəˈtiːst/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “batiste” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
batiste is uncommon English at frequency #80,232 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bəˈtiːst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for batiste, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French batiste, a form of Baptiste, of disputed origin (“according to Littré and Scheler from the alleged original maker, Baptiste of Cambray; according to others, from its use in wiping the heads of children after baptism” – OED). The correct English form is batiste, spelled B-A-T-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.
Etymology
From French batiste, a form of Baptiste, of disputed origin (“according to Littré and Scheler from the alleged original maker, Baptiste of Cambray; according to others, from its use in wiping the heads of children after baptism” – OED).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “batiste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-A-T-I-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.