battre sa coulpe

\ba.tʁə sa kulp\

/\ba.tʁə sa kulp\/ verb

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The verdict

“battre sa coulpe” 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
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Frapper sa poitrine en disant « mea culpa ».

Key facts for battre sa coulpe
PropertyValue
Headwordbattre sa coulpe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ba.tʁə sa kulp\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “battre sa coulpe” sits in French frequency

battre sa coulpe 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 sa coulpe is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.tʁə sa kulp\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for battre sa coulpe, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is battre sa coulpe, spelled B-A-T-T-R-E- -S-A- -C-O-U-L-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frapper sa poitrine en disant « mea culpa ».
  2. 2
    Manifester son repentir d’une faute.

Synonyms

se frapper la poitrine

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 sa coulpe"?
"battre sa coulpe" is spelled B-A-T-T-R-E- -S-A- -C-O-U-L-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.tʁə sa kulp\.
What does "battre sa coulpe" mean?
As a verb, "battre sa coulpe" means: Frapper sa poitrine en disant « mea culpa ».
How do you pronounce "battre sa coulpe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "battre sa coulpe" is \ba.tʁə sa kulp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "battre sa coulpe" come from?
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Using “battre sa coulpe”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-T-T-R-E- -S-A- -C-O-U-L-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ba.tʁə sa kulp\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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