batteur

/\ba.tœʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,740

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

batteur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celui qui aime à battre, à frapper. Pronounced \ba.tœʁ\. Often confused with battu and buteur.

Key facts for batteur
PropertyValue
Headwordbatteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.tœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,740
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of batteur in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for batteur is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.tœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,740 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for batteur, with forms such as "abtteur", "batetur", and "bateur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "battu", "buteur", "battue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is batteur, spelled B-A-T-T-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui aime à battre, à frapper.
  2. 2
    Celui qui, après la récolte, battait les gerbes ou les épis avec un fléau pour en faire sortir le grain.
  3. 3
    Ouvrier qui battait certaines matières pour les écraser, ou pour les amincir.
  4. 4
    Ouvrier qui battait certaines matières pour les écraser, ou pour les amincir.
  5. 5
    Ouvrier qui battait les livres dans un atelier de reliure.
  6. 6
    Hommes employés à battre le bois pour en faire sortir le gibier. → voir battue et rabatteur.
  7. 7
    Musicien jouant de la batterie.
  8. 8
    Joueur qui défend son guichet avec une batte et qui essaie de marquer des points.
  9. 9
    Désignation du grade d’un membre des Forces armées canadiennes portant l’uniforme de l’Armée canadienne affecté aux fonctions de batteur détenant le grade de soldat.
  10. 10
    Une des machines des filatures de laine ou de coton.
  11. 11
    Ustensile qui sert à battre des blancs d’œuf en neige, ou à faire monter la mayonnaise.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abtteur,batetur,bateur,batteru,batteurr,battuer,bbatteur,btateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for batteur

Misspelling Variants of "batteur"

abtteur7batetur7bateur6batteru7batteurr8battuer7bbatteur8btateur7
Misspelling Variants of "batteur"

Frequency rank: #13,740 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "batteur"?
"batteur" is spelled B-A-T-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.tœʁ\.
What does "batteur" mean?
As a noun, "batteur" means: Celui qui aime à battre, à frapper.
What words are commonly confused with "batteur"?
"batteur" is commonly confused with "battu", "buteur", "battue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "batteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "batteur" is \ba.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "batteur" come from?
"batteur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.