débattus

\de.ba.ty\

/\de.ba.ty\/ verb

The verdict

“débattus” is uncommon French (frequency #53,911 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,911
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin pluriel de débattre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-debattus · débattus · French

débattus · rank #53,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,911
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dux

Nearest frequency peer: dux (-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 « débattus »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « débattus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for débattus
PropertyValue
Headworddébattus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ba.ty\
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,911
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « débattus » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.débattustombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dux » (#53,910), « déclenchera » (#53,912), « déclencheurs » (#53,913). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « débattus » est au #53,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

débattus is uncommon French at frequency #53,911 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ba.ty\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé masculin pluriel de débattre.".

débattus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is débattus, spelled D-É-B-A-T-T-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin pluriel de débattre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how débattus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. D’où la vigilance quasi-maniaque des « logocrates » à l’égard de toute pensée non conforme susceptible de « déconsensualiser » les termes dans lesquels sont débattus les « problèmes de société ».

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "débattus"?
"débattus" is spelled D-É-B-A-T-T-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ba.ty\.
What does "débattus" mean?
As a verb, "débattus" means: Participe passé masculin pluriel de débattre.
How do you pronounce "débattus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "débattus" is \de.ba.ty\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "débattus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list