battage

\ba.taʒ\

/\ba.taʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“battage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,824. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,824
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de battre les céréales, certains légumes ou certaines légumineuses pour séparer les tiges de la graine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-battage · battage · French

battage · rank #35,824 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,824
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Batna

Nearest frequency peer: Batna (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « battage »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « battage » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

battage vs batte
71% similar
battage vs battre
71% similar
battage vs battue
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for battage
PropertyValue
Headwordbattage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.taʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,824
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « battage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).battagese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Batna » (#35,823), « bavarder » (#35,825), « BEP » (#35,826). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « battage » est au #35,824. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around battage (IPA \ba.taʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,824 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for battage, with forms such as "abttage", "batage", and "batatge". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "batte", "battre", "battue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is battage, spelled B-A-T-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de battre les céréales, certains légumes ou certaines légumineuses pour séparer les tiges de la graine.
  2. 2
    Opération de préparation de produits manufacturés, consistant à les battre.
  3. 3
    Action de battre la crème pour la convertir en beurre.
  4. 4
    Action de battre des pieux ou des palplanches pour les enfoncer.
  5. 5
    Mensonge, tromperie, bluff.
  6. 6
    Campagne de communication commerciale, politique ou institutionnelle.
  7. 7
    Intervention sur l’arme adverse pour l’empêcher d’agir.
  8. 8
    Action de corriger physiquement quelqu'un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how battage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Chez l’orge vêtue, la lemme et la paléole adhèrent au grain lors du battage, tandis que chez l’orge nue, le grain s’en libère.
  2. Le battage a pour but d’enlever aux laines les poussières, les matières terreuses ou sableuses et les pailles qu’elles contiennent.

Synonyms

batterie

This word in other languages

threshing(English)golpe(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abttage
  • batage
  • batatge
  • battaeg
  • battagge
  • battgae
  • bbattage
  • btatage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of battage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abttage2batage1batatge2battaeg2battagge1battgae2bbattage1btatage2
Edit distance from "battage"

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 "battage"?
"battage" is spelled B-A-T-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.taʒ\.
What does "battage" mean?
As a noun, "battage" means: Action de battre les céréales, certains légumes ou certaines légumineuses pour séparer les tiges de la graine.
What words are commonly confused with "battage"?
"battage" is commonly confused with "batte", "battre", "battue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "battage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "battage" is \ba.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "battage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "battage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

biopsie#35,828autours#35,819Audiard#35,817bonnard#35,831

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

boivin8 variantsburnes8 variantsalpins8 variantscarafe8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list