# ballon vs baton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ballon
*noun · IPA /bəˈlɒn/ · frequency rank #32,289*
The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair

### baton
*noun · IPA /ˈbætɒn/ · frequency rank #12,190*
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballon-vs-baton