Batavia
The verdict
“Batavia” is uncommon French (frequency #51,909 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,909
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de Jakarta, capitale de l’Indonésie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-batavia · Batavia · French
Batavia · rank #51,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,909
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH baptismaux
Nearest frequency peer: baptismaux (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Batavia »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- baiseur
baiseur
48,096 corpus weight
- baladant
baladant
48,095 corpus weight
- bananier
bananier
48,094 corpus weight
- baptismaux
baptismaux
48,093 corpus weight
- Batavia
Batavia
48,092 corpus weight
- bauxite
bauxite
48,090 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Batavia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Batavia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Batavia » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Batavia is uncommon French at frequency #51,909 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom de Jakarta, capitale de l’Indonésie.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Batavia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Batavia, spelled B-A-T-A-V-I-A.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom de Jakarta, capitale de l’Indonésie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Batavia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le mot Batavia renvoyait à l'ethnonyme utilisé par les Romains pour désigner, au temps de la guerre des Gaules, les populations de la Hollande.
Pour les enfants sages, j’ai cette poupée apportée de Batavia : zyeutez !
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).