lait battu

noun

The verdict

“lait battu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Babeurre, « battu » durant le barattage, lait fermenté.

Key facts for lait battu
PropertyValue
Headwordlait battu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lait battu” sits in French frequency

lait battu falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lait battu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Babeurre, « battu » durant le barattage, lait fermenté.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for lait battu in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lait battu, spelled L-A-I-T- -B-A-T-T-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Babeurre, « battu » durant le barattage, lait fermenté.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lait battu"?
"lait battu" is spelled L-A-I-T- -B-A-T-T-U.
What does "lait battu" mean?
As a noun, "lait battu" means: Babeurre, « battu » durant le barattage, lait fermenté.
What language does "lait battu" come from?
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Using “lait battu”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-A-I-T- -B-A-T-T-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list