bataillon
\ba.ta.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“bataillon” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,071
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troupe en ordre de bataille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bataillon · bataillon · French
bataillon · rank #8,071 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,071
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bagarre
Nearest frequency peer: bagarre (-1 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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bataillon »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Aquitaine
Aquitaine
91,933 corpus weight
- bagarre
bagarre
91,931 corpus weight
- bataillon
bataillon
91,930 corpus weight
- Boulogne
Boulogne
91,929 corpus weight
- bouquet
bouquet
91,928 corpus weight
- budgets
budgets
91,927 corpus weight
What this shows « bataillon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bataillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ta.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bataillon »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around bataillon (IPA \ba.ta.jɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,071 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bataillon, with forms such as "abtaillon", "baatillon", and "bataillno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "bataillons", "bâillon", "bataille", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bataillon, spelled B-A-T-A-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Troupe en ordre de bataille.
- 2Troupe composée de plusieurs compagnies et faisant ordinairement partie d’un régiment.
- 3Grand nombre d'individus formant un ensemble homogène et, généralement, actif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bataillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aux armes, citoyens ! Formez vos bataillons ! Marchons, marchons ! Qu’un sang impur… Abreuve nos sillons !
Le bataillon revint en France à la fin de janvier 1814. Il faisait partie de cette division Leval qui, comptant à peine 8.000 hommes, eut à lutter à Bar-sur-Aube contre une armée de 40.000 ennemis. On appela le 3ᵉ régiment « le brave parmi les braves ».
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abtaillon
- baatillon
- bataillno
- bataillonn
- batailoln
- batailon
- batalilon
- batiallon
- battaillon
- bbataillon
- btaaillon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bataillon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).