battre la ville
\ba.tʁə la vil\
The verdict
“battre la ville” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aller de rue en rue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-battre-la-ville · battre la ville · French
battre la ville · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 ville |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.tʁə la vil\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « battre la ville » en français
Rare enough to double-check
battre la ville is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.tʁə la vil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how battre la ville appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils battaient la ville depuis trois heures.
On y sentait l’absence de l’homme, la disparition de celui qui est la volonté et la force, sur lequel on compte, même après des semaines de chômage. L’homme sort, bat la ville, finit souvent par rapporter l’indispensable, la croûte qu’on se partage et qui empêche qu’on ne meure.
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.