vol battu

noun

The verdict

“vol battu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de voler par le biais d'un battement répété de ses ailes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vol-battu · vol battu · French

vol battu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" 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.

Key facts for vol battu
PropertyValue
Headwordvol battu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vol battu » en français

vol battureste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vol battu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de voler par le biais d'un battement répété de ses ailes.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for vol battu in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vol battu, spelled V-O-L- -B-A-T-T-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de voler par le biais d'un battement répété de ses ailes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how vol battu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les ptérosaures correspondent à un taxon d’archoraures qui émerge au Trias supérieur (plus ancien fossile connu : -210 Ma) et disparaît des archives fossiles à la limite Crétacé-Paléocène …. Ce sont les premiers vertébrés capable de voler de manière active, c’est à dire en vol battu, avant les oiseaux et bien avant les chauves-souris.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vol battu"?
"vol battu" is spelled V-O-L- -B-A-T-T-U.
What does "vol battu" mean?
As a noun, "vol battu" means: Action de voler par le biais d'un battement répété de ses ailes.
What language does "vol battu" come from?
"vol battu" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list