battement

\bat.mɑ̃\

/\bat.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“battement” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,561. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,561
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de battre, en parlant des choses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-battement · battement · French

battement · rank #25,561 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,561
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH balcons

Nearest frequency peer: balcons (-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 « battement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « battement » 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).

battement vs battent
78% similar
battement vs bêtement
78% similar
battement vs battements
90% similar

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

Key facts for battement
PropertyValue
Headwordbattement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bat.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,561
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « battement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.battementse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « balcons » (#25,560), « baver » (#25,562), « Beaufort » (#25,563). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « battement » est au #25,561. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around battement (IPA \bat.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,561 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for battement, with forms such as "abttement", "batement", and "batetment". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "battent", "bêtement", "battements", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is battement, spelled B-A-T-T-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de battre, en parlant des choses.
  2. 2
    Mouvement en l’air qui se fait avec une jambe, tandis que l’autre soutient le poids du corps.
  3. 3
    Attaque qui commence par un coup léger donné sur l’épée de l’adversaire.
  4. 4
    Montant fixé à l’un des battants qui recouvre la jonction des deux battants ; du Montant fixe sur lequel viennent s’appuyer, quand on les ferme, les deux battants d’une porte, d’une grille ; de la Petite pièce métallique qui reçoit le choc d’une persienne et sert à l’arrêter.
  5. 5
    Secousse produite par l’oscillation du pendule d’une horloge.
  6. 6
    Oscillation ; vibration.
  7. 7
    Variation de niveau fréquente, régulière.
  8. 8
    Mouvement alternatif de dilatation et de resserrement du cœur, du pouls, des artères.
  9. 9
    Maxima d’intensité qu’on entend entre deux sons émis.
  10. 10
    Écart de temps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces deux sortes de brachycardie de même nature sont reconnaissables pendant la vie à certains symptômes (dissociation du rythme des battements auriculaires et ventriculaires, épreuve de l’atropine).
  2. S’accompagnant de son gimbri, il nous chante, d’une voix tantôt gutturale, tantôt nasillarde, d’interminables mélopées, que l’assistance reprend aux refrains avec des battements rythmiques des mains.

This word in other languages

bashing(English)latido(Español)Klopfen(Deutsch)golpe(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abttement
  • batement
  • batetment
  • batteemnt
  • battemennt
  • battementt
  • battemetn
  • battemment
  • battemnet
  • battmeent
  • bbattement
  • btatement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of battement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abttement2batement1batetment2batteemnt2battemennt1battementt1battemetn2battemment1
Edit distance from "battement"

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 "battement"?
"battement" is spelled B-A-T-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bat.mɑ̃\.
What does "battement" mean?
As a noun, "battement" means: Action de battre, en parlant des choses.
What words are commonly confused with "battement"?
"battement" is commonly confused with "battent", "bêtement", "battements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "battement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "battement" is \bat.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "battement" come from?
"battement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bijoutier#25,567boursière#25,568bretonnes#25,573analogues#25,545

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

aspirent12 variantsclitoris12 variantsclivages12 variantscloisons12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list