battre la ville
\ba.tʁə la vil\
The verdict
“battre la ville” 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aller de rue en rue.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | battre la ville |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.tʁə la vil\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “battre la ville” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for battre la ville is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.tʁə la vil\. 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: "Aller de rue en rue.".
battre la ville has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is battre la ville, spelled B-A-T-T-R-E- -L-A- -V-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Aller de rue en rue.
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 ville”
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- -V-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.tʁə la vil\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.