vol battu
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vol battu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vol battu » en français
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
- 1Action de voler par le biais d'un battement répété de ses ailes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vol battu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.