Ballon
[baˈlɔŋ]
The verdict
“Ballon” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #16,364 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,364
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gummihülle, die mit Luft oder Helium aufgeblasen werden kann
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ballon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈlɔŋ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ballon” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ballon is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈlɔŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,364 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ballon, with forms such as "abllon", "ballno", and "ballonn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Baron", "balls", "bello", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ballon, spelled B-A-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Gummihülle, die mit Luft oder Helium aufgeblasen werden kann
- 2Plane aus Ballonseide, die sich – mit Heißluft gefüllt – mitsamt einem an ihr befindlichen Korb in die Luft erhebt
- 3eine große, in einem Korb befindliche Flasche
- 4Kopf
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abllon,ballno,ballonn,baloln,balon,bballon,blalon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ballon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Ballon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-L-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baˈlɔŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Baron” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ballon vs Baron
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German 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.