battery

\ˈbæt.ə.ɹi\

/\ˈbæt.ə.ɹi\/ noun

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The verdict

“battery” is uncommon French (frequency #58,445 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,445
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - , Batterie, pile (alimentation).

Corpus desk

Index FR-battery · battery · French

battery · rank #58,445 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,445
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH basculent

Nearest frequency peer: basculent (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « battery »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « battery » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for battery
PropertyValue
Headwordbattery
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈbæt.ə.ɹi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,445
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « battery » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.batterytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « basculent » (#58,444), « baronnies » (#58,443), « bandante » (#58,441). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « battery » est au #58,445. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

battery is uncommon French at frequency #58,445 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbæt.ə.ɹi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for battery in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 battery, spelled B-A-T-T-E-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    , Batterie, pile (alimentation).
  2. 2
    Batterie, pièces d’artillerie fixes.
  3. 3
    Batterie, grande quantité de.
  4. 4
    Unité.
  5. 5
    Coups et blessures.
  6. 6
    Cages à poule.
  7. 7
    Tandem lanceur-receveur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Batteries were not included in the toy.
  2. The artillery battery didn’t stop firing for the entire day.

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 "battery"?
"battery" is spelled B-A-T-T-E-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbæt.ə.ɹi\.
What does "battery" mean?
As a noun, "battery" means: , Batterie, pile (alimentation).
How do you pronounce "battery"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "battery" is \ˈbæt.ə.ɹi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "battery" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bengali#58,449Besnard#58,451Bahrain#58,437bicycle#58,453

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list