débattait
\de.ba.tɛ\
The verdict
“débattait” is uncommon French (frequency #61,464 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,464
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de débattre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-debattait · débattait · French
débattait · rank #61,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,464
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH DVG
Nearest frequency peer: DVG (-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 « débattait »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Dury
Dury
38,539 corpus weight
- DVG
DVG
38,538 corpus weight
- débattait
débattait
38,537 corpus weight
- débordait
débordait
38,536 corpus weight
- débrayage
débrayage
38,535 corpus weight
- décisionnel…
décisionnelle
38,534 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « débattait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | débattait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ba.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « débattait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
débattait is uncommon French at frequency #61,464 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ba.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de débattre.".
débattait doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is débattait, spelled D-É-B-A-T-T-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de débattre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how débattait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stan consulta sa montre, il était presque minuit, le violoniste hirsute se débattait comme un gladiateur, à grand coups d’archet dans la partition paganinienne, quand une détonation retentit du côté de Notre-Dame, une fusée verte explosa en bouquet à la verticale du concert.
Ce fut d’abord la soif qui le tira du fénoir dans lequel il se débattait. Il avait la gorge aussi sèche qu’une mine de sel.
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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