batiste

\ba.tist\

/\ba.tist\/ noun

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The verdict

“batiste” is uncommon French (frequency #65,730 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,730
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de toile de lin ou de chanvre très fine et d’un tissu très serré.

Key facts for batiste
PropertyValue
Headwordbatiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.tist\
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,730
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “batiste” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). batiste lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

batiste is uncommon French at frequency #65,730 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.tist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de toile de lin ou de chanvre très fine et d’un tissu très serré.".

No misspelling variants are generated for batiste in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 batiste, spelled B-A-T-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de toile de lin ou de chanvre très fine et d’un tissu très serré.

Synonyms

linon

This word in other languages

cambric(English)batista(Español)Batist(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "batiste"?
"batiste" is spelled B-A-T-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.tist\.
What does "batiste" mean?
As a noun, "batiste" means: Espèce de toile de lin ou de chanvre très fine et d’un tissu très serré.
How do you pronounce "batiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "batiste" is \ba.tist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "batiste" come from?
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Using “batiste”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-T-I-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ba.tist\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list