battu
\ba.ty\
The verdict
“battu” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,238
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un métal qui a été travaillé à la forge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-battu · battu · French
battu · rank #3,238 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,238
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH assis
Nearest frequency peer: assis (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « battu »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- anglaise
anglaise
96,766 corpus weight
- applique
applique
96,765 corpus weight
- assis
assis
96,764 corpus weight
- battu
battu
96,763 corpus weight
- chemins
chemins
96,761 corpus weight
- chronique
chronique
96,760 corpus weight
What this shows « battu » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | battu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ba.ty\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « battu »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around battu (IPA \ba.ty\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,238 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for battu, with forms such as "abttu", "batu", and "batut". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Butt", "Betty", "botté", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is battu, spelled B-A-T-T-U.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un métal qui a été travaillé à la forge.
- 2Relatif au battement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how battu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce pont aboutissait à une magnifique grille en fer battu, vrai monument en serrurerie que l’on aurait cru façonné du propre marteau de Vulcain.
Et les gens de Morgane entendirent un cri, et suivirent la princesse. Elle était agenouillée au milieu de la chambre murée, devant un plat de cuivre battu rempli de sang, et elle le regardait ardemment.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abttu
- batu
- batut
- bbattu
- btatu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of battu - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).