rabattre

/\ʁa.batʁ\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,734

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

rabattre is aFrenchverb. It means: Rabaisser, faire descendre. Pronounced \ʁa.batʁ\. Often confused with rabattu.

Key facts for rabattre
PropertyValue
Headwordrabattre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.batʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,734
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rabattre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rabattre is 8 letters long, classified as averb, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for rabattre, with forms such as "arbattre", "raabttre", and "rabatre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "rabattu", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rabattre, spelled R-A-B-A-T-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rabaisser, faire descendre.
  2. 2
    Abaisser, réprimer.
  3. 3
    Diminuer, retrancher de la valeur d’une chose, du prix qu’on en demande.
  4. 4
    Ramener vivement vers un endroit.
  5. 5
    Battre la campagne pour pousser (le gibier) vers des filets ou des panneaux tendus, ou vers la ligne des chasseurs.
  6. 6
    Fermer, clore.
  7. 7
    Aplatir.
  8. 8
    Détourner (un coup), le rompre en rabaissant le fer de son ennemi.
  9. 9
    Faire passer le rouleau sur les avoines déjà levées, pour aplanir la terre.
  10. 10
    Remplir (les ornières, les sillons) de la terre qui s’est élevée au bord.
  11. 11
    Tailler (un arbre, une branche) de manière qu’il ne soit plus aussi élevé ou que ce qui reste soit plus vigoureux.
  12. 12
    Révoquer (le défaut qu’il avait donné contre une des parties, faute par elle d’avoir comparu).
  13. 13
    Quitter un chemin et se détourner tout d’un coup pour passer dans un autre.
  14. 14
    Arriver, revenir, rentrer.
  15. 15
    Amener, par divers moyens de propagande, des clients à une entreprise financière, des adhérents à un parti, des recrues à une armée, etc.
  16. 16
    Amener, par divers moyens de propagande, des clients à une entreprise financière, des adhérents à un parti, des recrues à une armée, etc.
  17. 17
    Changer tout d’un coup de propos, après avoir parlé de quelque matière.
  18. 18
    Se borner à quelque chose (faute de mieux).
  19. 19
    En 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rabattre

Misspelling Variants of "rabattre"

arbattre8raabttre8rabatre7rabatrte8rabatter8rabattrre9rabbattre9rabtatre8
Misspelling Variants of "rabattre"

Frequency rank: #24,734 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rabattre"?
"rabattre" is spelled R-A-B-A-T-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.batʁ\.
What does "rabattre" mean?
As a verb, "rabattre" means: Rabaisser, faire descendre.
What words are commonly confused with "rabattre"?
"rabattre" is commonly confused with "rabattu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rabattre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rabattre" is \ʁa.batʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rabattre" come from?
"rabattre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.