battre la rue
\batʁ la ʁy\
The verdict
“battre la rue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déambuler de long en large.
Corpus desk
Index FR-battre-la-rue · battre la rue · French
battre la rue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « battre la rue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
battre la rue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \batʁ la ʁy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how battre la rue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je bats la rue des Vieux-Augustins en longeant les trottoirs et cherchant les fruitières : il y en a deux ou trois.
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.