bateau-feu
\ba.to fø\
The verdict
“bateau-feu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de bateau qui remplit, en pleine mer, une fonction de phare.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bateau-feu · bateau-feu · French
bateau-feu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bateau-feu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.to fø\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bateau-feu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.to fø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de bateau qui remplit, en pleine mer, une fonction de phare.".
bateau-feu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bateau-feu, spelled B-A-T-E-A-U---F-E-U.
Definition
- 1Sorte de bateau qui remplit, en pleine mer, une fonction de phare.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bateau-feu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À toute vue apparaît bientôt le bateau-feu Ruytingen, sentinelle immobile.
La nuit tombe, les bateaux-feu s’allument, gros lampions sur la mer, qui s’apaise et fait le gros dos comme un chat bien nourri sous la caresse.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.