Batum
The verdict
“Batum” is uncommon French (frequency #54,425 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,425
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-batum · Batum · French
Batum · rank #54,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,425
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH barnum
Nearest frequency peer: barnum (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Batum »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- babou
babou
45,579 corpus weight
- babyloniens
babyloniens
45,578 corpus weight
- barnum
barnum
45,577 corpus weight
- Batum
Batum
45,576 corpus weight
- beam
beam
45,575 corpus weight
- belga
belga
45,574 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Batum » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Batum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Batum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Batum is uncommon French at frequency #54,425 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Batum, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Batum, spelled B-A-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Batum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Français joueront ce mercredi (17 h 15) la deuxième place de leur poule face à la Slovénie de Luka Doncic, un an après le contre historique de Nicolas Batum en demie des Jeux olympiques.
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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