bête de bât
\bɛt də bɑ\
The verdict
“bête de bât” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal qui porte ou tire une charge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bete-de-bat · bête de bât · French
bête de bât · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | bête de bât |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛt də bɑ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bête de bât » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bête de bât is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛt də bɑ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Animal qui porte ou tire une charge.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bête de bât in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bête de bât, spelled B-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -B-Â-T.
Definition
- 1Animal qui porte ou tire une charge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bête de bât appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il fallait en vérité, à tous les coursiers de bouzkachi, les qualités les plus rares et les plus contraires : la fougue et la patience, la vitesse du vent et l’entêtement d’une bête de bât, la bravoure du lion et l’art d’un chien savant.
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.