battre la rue
\batʁ la ʁy\
The verdict
“battre la rue” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Déambuler de long en large.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | battre la rue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \batʁ la ʁy\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “battre la rue” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for battre la rue is 13 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \batʁ la ʁy\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Déambuler de long en large.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for battre la rue in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 la rue, spelled B-A-T-T-R-E- -L-A- -R-U-E.
Definition
- 1Déambuler de long en large.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “battre la rue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-T-T-R-E- -L-A- -R-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \batʁ la ʁy\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.