bâtarde
\bɑ.taʁd\
The verdict
“bâtarde” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,919. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,919
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écriture bâtarde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-batarde · bâtarde · French
bâtarde · rank #44,919 · 11 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,919
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH BX
Nearest frequency peer: BX (-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 « bâtarde »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Buch
Buch
55,085 corpus weight
- bundle
bundle
55,084 corpus weight
- BX
BX
55,083 corpus weight
- bâtarde
bâtarde
55,082 corpus weight
- cabrera
cabrera
55,081 corpus weight
- caillots
caillots
55,080 corpus weight
What this shows « bâtarde » 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 | bâtarde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ.taʁd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bâtarde »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around bâtarde (IPA \bɑ.taʁd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,919 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bâtarde, with forms such as "batarde", "bbâtarde", and "btâarde". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "battre", "bavard", "bayard", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bâtarde, spelled B-Â-T-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Écriture bâtarde.
- 2Dessin de caractères d'écriture.
- 3Pièce d'artillerie.
- 4Sorte de lime.
- 5Gros pain de sucre brut.
- 6Grande voile de galère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bâtarde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bourgeois est un grimaud Qui prend sa pendule au mot Chaque fois qu’elle retarde. Il contresigne en bâtarde Coups d’État, décrets, traités, Et toutes les lâchetés.
Ulysse Hycinthe… Ulysse Hyacinthe… Ulysse Hyacinthe… Ulysse Hyacinthe… J’aime écrire son nom. Je l’écris en ronde, en gothique… en bâtarde.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- batarde
- bbâtarde
- btâarde
- bâatrde
- bâtadre
- bâtardde
- bâtared
- bâtarrde
- bâtrade
- bâttarde
- âbtarde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bâtarde - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bâtarde", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).