débattre
\de.batʁ\
The verdict
“débattre” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,816. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,816
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discuter entre plusieurs personnes dont chacune expose ses arguments.
Corpus desk
Index FR-debattre · débattre · French
débattre · rank #7,816 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,816
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dupont
Nearest frequency peer: Dupont (-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 « débattre »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- dominant
dominant
92,188 corpus weight
- Dupont
Dupont
92,186 corpus weight
- débattre
débattre
92,185 corpus weight
- démons
démons
92,184 corpus weight
- département…
départemental
92,183 corpus weight
- désirs
désirs
92,182 corpus weight
What this shows « débattre » 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 | débattre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.batʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « débattre »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around débattre (IPA \de.batʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,816 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for débattre, with forms such as "dbéattre", "ddébattre", and "debattre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "débattu", "désastre", "débattue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is débattre, spelled D-É-B-A-T-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Discuter entre plusieurs personnes dont chacune expose ses arguments.
- 2Lutter pour surmonter une situation difficile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how débattre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’est pas de question zootechnique qui ait été plus débattue, plus controversée que celle de l’amélioration des races chevalines.
Il cracha une injure, s’élança et réempoigna la jeune femme qui, cette fois, se débattit en vain.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dbéattre
- ddébattre
- debattre
- déabttre
- débatre
- débatrte
- débatter
- débattrre
- débbattre
- débtatre
- édbattre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of débattre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "débattre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).