bate
\bat\
The verdict
“bate” is uncommon French (frequency #59,820 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,820
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite lamelle de métal (or, argent, etc.) qui entoure une pièce de bijouterie (pierre ou autre), elle est fixée sur le fond.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bate · bate · French
bate · rank #59,820 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,820
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Bassano
Nearest frequency peer: Bassano (-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 « bate »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- baroud
baroud
40,185 corpus weight
- barrées
barrées
40,184 corpus weight
- Bassano
Bassano
40,182 corpus weight
- bate
bate
40,181 corpus weight
- bateliers
bateliers
40,180 corpus weight
- Bayon
Bayon
40,178 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bate » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bat\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bate » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bate is uncommon French at frequency #59,820 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bate, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bate, spelled B-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petite lamelle de métal (or, argent, etc.) qui entoure une pièce de bijouterie (pierre ou autre), elle est fixée sur le fond.
- 2Cercle entourant le mouvement d'une montre mécanique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
BATE : est la partie élevée perpendiculairement de dessus un fond.
il retient le mouvement dans la boîte au moyen d'une partie ſaillante, que l'on appele la tête, & qui s'avance deſſous le filet intérieure de la bate, ſur lequel la platine des piliers vient s'apuier lorſque le mouvement eſt dans sa boîte
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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