rebattre
\ʁə.batʁ\
The verdict
“rebattre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Battre de nouveau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rebattre · rebattre · French
rebattre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rebattre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.batʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rebattre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rebattre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.batʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
rebattre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rebattre, spelled R-E-B-A-T-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Battre de nouveau.
- 2Originellement rebattre les oreilles, et par ellipse : répéter inutilement et d’une manière ennuyeuse.
- 3Polir les boulets de canon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rebattre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a été battu et rebattu.
Rebattez ce tapis, il est encore plein de poussière.
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.