se battre les flancs
\sə batʁ le flɑ̃\
The verdict
“se battre les flancs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire de grands efforts de volonté ; s’évertuer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se battre les flancs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə batʁ le flɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “se battre les flancs” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
se battre les flancs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə batʁ le flɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire de grands efforts de volonté ; s’évertuer.".
se battre les flancs has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is se battre les flancs, spelled S-E- -B-A-T-T-R-E- -L-E-S- -F-L-A-N-C-S.
Definition
- 1Faire de grands efforts de volonté ; s’évertuer.
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.
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Using “se battre les flancs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E- -B-A-T-T-R-E- -L-E-S- -F-L-A-N-C-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sə batʁ le flɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.