bâtonnet
\bɑ.tɔ.nɛ\
The verdict
“bâtonnet” is uncommon French (frequency #51,935 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,935
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Objet de forme cylindrique, dont les dimensions sont de l'ordre du décimètre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bâtonnet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ.tɔ.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bâtonnet” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bâtonnet is uncommon French at frequency #51,935 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɑ.tɔ.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
bâtonnet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bâtonnet, spelled B-Â-T-O-N-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1Objet de forme cylindrique, dont les dimensions sont de l'ordre du décimètre.
- 2Sorte de petit bâton taillé en pointe par les deux bouts et qui sert à un jeu d’enfants.
- 3Infusoires ou microorganismes qui affectent une forme cylindrique.
- 4Cellule réceptrice de l’œil utilisée pour la vision mésopique ainsi que pour la vision nocturne.
- 5Forme pré-dessinée destinée à l'apprentissage de l'écriture.
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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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- The one correct French spelling is B-Â-T-O-N-N-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.