rabattre
\ʁa.batʁ\
The verdict
“rabattre” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #24,734 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #24,734
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rabaisser, faire descendre.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rabattre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.batʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rabattre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for rabattre is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁa.batʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,734 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 19 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rabattre, with forms such as "arbattre", "raabttre", and "rabatre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "rabattu", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rabattre, spelled R-A-B-A-T-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Rabaisser, faire descendre.
- 2Abaisser, réprimer.
- 3Diminuer, retrancher de la valeur d’une chose, du prix qu’on en demande.
- 4Ramener vivement vers un endroit.
- 5Battre la campagne pour pousser (le gibier) vers des filets ou des panneaux tendus, ou vers la ligne des chasseurs.
- 6Fermer, clore.
- 7Aplatir.
- 8Détourner (un coup), le rompre en rabaissant le fer de son ennemi.
- 9Faire passer le rouleau sur les avoines déjà levées, pour aplanir la terre.
- 10Remplir (les ornières, les sillons) de la terre qui s’est élevée au bord.
- 11Tailler (un arbre, une branche) de manière qu’il ne soit plus aussi élevé ou que ce qui reste soit plus vigoureux.
- 12Révoquer (le défaut qu’il avait donné contre une des parties, faute par elle d’avoir comparu).
- 13Quitter un chemin et se détourner tout d’un coup pour passer dans un autre.
- 14Arriver, revenir, rentrer.
- 15Amener, par divers moyens de propagande, des clients à une entreprise financière, des adhérents à un parti, des recrues à une armée, etc.
- 16Amener, par divers moyens de propagande, des clients à une entreprise financière, des adhérents à un parti, des recrues à une armée, etc.
- 17Changer tout d’un coup de propos, après avoir parlé de quelque matière.
- 18Se borner à quelque chose (faute de mieux).
- 19En parlant d'un cheval dans une course hippique, venir à la corde.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arbattre,raabttre,rabatre,rabatrte,rabatter,rabattrre,rabbattre,rabtatre,rbaattre,rrabattre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rabattre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "rabattre"?
What does "rabattre" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "rabattre"?
How do you pronounce "rabattre"?
What language does "rabattre" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “rabattre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-A-B-A-T-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁa.batʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rabattu” - see the side-by-side comparison. rabattre vs rabattu
- 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.