batelage
\ba.tlaʒ\
The verdict
“batelage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conduite d'un bateau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-batelage · batelage · French
batelage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | batelage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.tlaʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « batelage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
batelage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.tlaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
batelage has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is batelage, spelled B-A-T-E-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Conduite d'un bateau.
- 2Allées et venues de bateaux chargeant ou déchargeant des bâtiments.
- 3Action de bateler, métier de bateleur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how batelage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Payer les frais de batelage.
Jusque dans le bluff, je restais un fort en thème ; je tiens aujourd’hui mes batelages pour des exercices spirituels et mon insincérité pour la caricature d’une sincérité totale qui me frôlait sans cesse et m’échappait.
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.