battre les rues

\batʁ le ʁy\

/\batʁ le ʁy\/ verb

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The verdict

“battre les rues” 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) - Déambuler de long en large.

Key facts for battre les rues
PropertyValue
Headwordbattre les rues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\batʁ le ʁy\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “battre les rues” sits in French frequency

battre les rues falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for battre les rues is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \batʁ le 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.".

battre les rues has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 les rues, spelled B-A-T-T-R-E- -L-E-S- -R-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déambuler de long en large.

Synonyms

battre le pavé

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "battre les rues"?
"battre les rues" is spelled B-A-T-T-R-E- -L-E-S- -R-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \batʁ le ʁy\.
What does "battre les rues" mean?
As a verb, "battre les rues" means: Déambuler de long en large.
How do you pronounce "battre les rues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "battre les rues" is \batʁ le ʁy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "battre les rues" come from?
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Using “battre les rues”

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-E-S- -R-U-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \batʁ le ʁy\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list