battre

/\batʁ\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,765

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

battre is aFrenchverb. It means: Frapper de coups répétés. Pronounced \batʁ\. It ranks #1,765 in French word frequency. Often confused with battu and botté.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for battre is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \batʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,765 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for battre, with forms such as "abttre", "batre", and "batrte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "battu", "botté", "bette", 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 battre, spelled B-A-T-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abttre,batre,batrte,batter,battrre,bbattre,btatre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for battre

Misspelling Variants of "battre"

abttre6batre5batrte6batter6battrre7bbattre7btatre6
Misspelling Variants of "battre"

Frequency rank: #1,765 in French

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 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.