battre

\batʁ\

/\batʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“battre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,765
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper de coups répétés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-battre · battre · French

battre · rank #1,765 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,765
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH autrement

Nearest frequency peer: autrement (-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 « battre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « battre » 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).

battre vs battu
67% similar
battre vs botté
50% similar
battre vs bette
67% similar

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

Key facts for battre
PropertyValue
Headwordbattre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\batʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,765
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « battre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).battrese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « autrement » (#1,764), « cartes » (#1,766), « coût » (#1,767). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « battre » est au #1,765. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around battre (IPA \batʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,765 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for battre, with forms such as "abttre", "batre", and "batrte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "battu", "botté", "bette", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 battre, spelled B-A-T-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frapper de coups répétés.
  2. 2
    Frapper de coups répétés.
  3. 3
    Frapper de coups répétés.
  4. 4
    Mettre à portée de tir.
  5. 5
    Fouetter pour donner de la consistance.
  6. 6
    Battre le tambour dans un but précis.
  7. 7
    Mélanger.
  8. 8
    Se dit lorsque les vagues viennent s’écraser sur quelque chose.
  9. 9
    S’emploie également pour les voiles.
  10. 10
    (Terme technique ou spécialisé)
  11. 11
    Vaincre et, par extension, gagner sur quelqu’un à un sport, à un jeu, à une compétition.
  12. 12
    Dépasser.
  13. 13
    Produire des mouvements répétés.
  14. 14
    Parcourir un terrain à la recherche de gibier
  15. 15
    Se combattre. → voir se battre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Abondante phraséologie par analogie ou extension du sens « donner des coups répétés » :
  2. Peu d’enfants furent plus battus que son fils. Le gamin ne cédait pas, malgré les coups.

Synonyms

bagarrerbastonnercastagnerrosserrouer

This word in other languages

beat(English)batir(Español)schlagen(Deutsch)bater(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abttre
  • batre
  • batrte
  • batter
  • battrre
  • bbattre
  • btatre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of battre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abttre2batre1batrte2batter2battrre1bbattre1btatre2
Edit distance from "battre"

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 "battre"?
"battre" is spelled B-A-T-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \batʁ\.
What does "battre" mean?
As a verb, "battre" means: Frapper de coups répétés.
What words are commonly confused with "battre"?
"battre" is commonly confused with "battu", "botté", "bette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "battre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "battre" is \batʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "battre" come from?
"battre" 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 "battre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cartes#1,766alcool#1,761fleurs#1,770jardin#1,774

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

oublie7 variantsnotes7 variantsphase7 variantssoins7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list