# Bala

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,139

## Definitions
1. A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH9235).
2. A rural community of Muskoka Lakes municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Bala, Wales.
3. An unincorporated community in Riley County, Kansas, United States, named after Bala in Wales.

## Etymology
In Wales, from Welsh Bala, from bala (“effluent from a lake”).

## Easily confused with
- **BL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bl)
- **bar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bar)
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bay)
- **ban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-ban)
- **bat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bat)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bra)
- **bam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bam)
- **bel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bel)
- **BLM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-blm)
- **Bea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bea)
- **Bas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bas)
- **boa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-boa)
- **bao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bao)
- **bbl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bbl)
- **bla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bla)
- **BSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bsa)
- **bol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bol)
- **BPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bpa)
- **BFA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-bfa)
- **baz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bala-vs-baz)

## Common misspellings (3)
`balla`, `bbala`, `blaa`

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