mener en bateau
\mə.ne.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ba.to\
The verdict
“mener en bateau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tromper au moyen d’un mensonge, d’un bobard dont la victime fait peine tant l’histoire est incroyable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mener-en-bateau · mener en bateau · French
mener en bateau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mener en bateau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mə.ne.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ba.to\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mener en bateau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mener en bateau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mə.ne.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ba.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tromper au moyen d’un mensonge, d’un bobard dont la victime fait peine tant l’histoire est incroyable.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mener en bateau in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mener en bateau, spelled M-E-N-E-R- -E-N- -B-A-T-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Tromper au moyen d’un mensonge, d’un bobard dont la victime fait peine tant l’histoire est incroyable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mener en bateau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les marins pêcheurs refusent de se laisser mener en bateau. Sur fond de divorce entre la base et ses représentants, les marins pêcheurs ont fait hier une démonstration de force en bloquant ports et dépôts de carburant.
Elle me menait en bateau, c’était clair.
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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.