abattis

\a.ba.ti\

/\a.ba.ti\/ noun

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The verdict

“abattis” is uncommon French (frequency #96,553 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,553
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amas de choses abattues, telles que bois, arbres, pierres, maisons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abattis · abattis · French

abattis · rank #96,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,553
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abstiendra

Nearest frequency peer: abstiendra (+3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « abattis »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « abattis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abattis
PropertyValue
Headwordabattis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ba.ti\
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,553
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « abattis » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.abattistombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « abstiendra » (#96,556), « acceptiez » (#96,557), « acquittant » (#96,558). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abattis » est au #96,553. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abattis is uncommon French at frequency #96,553 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ba.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for abattis in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is abattis, spelled A-B-A-T-T-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Amas de choses abattues, telles que bois, arbres, pierres, maisons.
  2. 2
    Amas de choses abattues, telles que bois, arbres, pierres, maisons.
  3. 3
    Amas de choses abattues, telles que bois, arbres, pierres, maisons.
  4. 4
    Abats de volaille, en particulier : pattes, tête, cou, ailerons, foie et gésier.
  5. 5
    Membres du corps humain.
  6. 6
    Action d’abattre un animal, abattage.
  7. 7
    Action d’abattre un animal, abattage.
  8. 8
    Petit sentier que tracent les jeunes loups.
  9. 9
    Terrain pas complètement essouché.
  10. 10
    Terrain cultivé traditionnellement selon l’agriculture itinérante sur brûlis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abattis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On a fait dans cette forêt un grand abattis de chênes.
  2. Cette rue est bouchée par un abattis de maisons.

This word in other languages

abattis(English)menudillos(Español)Hühnerklein(Deutsch)miúdos(Português)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abattis"?
"abattis" is spelled A-B-A-T-T-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ba.ti\.
What does "abattis" mean?
As a noun, "abattis" means: Amas de choses abattues, telles que bois, arbres, pierres, maisons.
How do you pronounce "abattis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abattis" is \a.ba.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abattis" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abattis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list