battre le pavé
\ba.tʁə lə pa.ve\
The verdict
“battre le pavé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Errer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-battre-le-pave · battre le pavé · French
battre le pavé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 le pavé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.tʁə lə pa.ve\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « battre le pavé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
battre le pavé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.tʁə lə pa.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for battre le pavé, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is battre le pavé, spelled B-A-T-T-R-E- -L-E- -P-A-V-É.
Definition
- 1Errer.
- 2Manifester.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how battre le pavé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout le jour, la semelle de ses souliers à boucles battait par petits coups discrets le pavé de la ville, les degrés des escaliers et le plancher des maisons les plus diverses.
Molle, résignée, elle continuait, ne se plaignait que pour Céline, car c’était à fendre le cœur, une petite fille si futée, qui faisait tant de progrès à l’école communale et qui se trouvait réduite à battre le pavé comme une pauvresse.
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.