ébattre
\e.batʁ\
The verdict
“ébattre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner du mouvement en pleine liberté pour se détendre, se divertir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ebattre · ébattre · French
ébattre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | ébattre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.batʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ébattre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ébattre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.batʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Donner du mouvement en pleine liberté pour se détendre, se divertir.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ébattre in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 ébattre, spelled É-B-A-T-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Donner du mouvement en pleine liberté pour se détendre, se divertir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ébattre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je t'ai revue, ô douce ville, après dix ans D'absence, et j'ai revu tes bruissants ombrages, Où j’ébattais ma vie avec ceux de mon âge, Libre du noir souci que je porte à présent.
This word in other languages
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.