n’en avoir rien à battre
\n‿ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿a batʁ\
The verdict
“n’en avoir rien à battre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se désintéresser, n’attacher aucune importance ou être totalement indifférent de la chose ou personne en question.
Corpus desk
Index FR-n-en-avoir-rien-a-battre · n’en avoir rien à battre · French
n’en avoir rien à battre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | n’en avoir rien à battre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \n‿ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿a batʁ\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « n’en avoir rien à battre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
n’en avoir rien à battre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \n‿ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿a batʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se désintéresser, n’attacher aucune importance ou être totalement indifférent de la chose ou personne en question.".
Zero misspellings are on record for n’en avoir rien à battre in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is n’en avoir rien à battre, spelled N-’-E-N- -A-V-O-I-R- -R-I-E-N- -À- -B-A-T-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Se désintéresser, n’attacher aucune importance ou être totalement indifférent de la chose ou personne en question.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how n’en avoir rien à battre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y a des enculées qui me matent. Jdis ce que jpense, rien à battre de leur avis.
Je fais passer des quantité max et des gros paquets de thune. Alors, l'orthographe, j'en ai un peu rien à battre.
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.