balcony
/ˈbælkəni/noun
balcony is spelled B-A-L-C-O-N-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, balcony means “An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of balcony is balconies.
How many letters and syllables are in balcony?
| Letters | 7: B-A-L-C-O-N-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is balcony?
Balcony appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce balcony?
- UK /ˈbælkəni/
- UK /bælˈkəʊni/
- US /ˈbælkəni/
Balcony has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-balcony.wav, En-us-balcony.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of balcony
- balconies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does balcony mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
The next day as the three travelers were approaching the town, Peter went out on the balcony to pray.
- 2
An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Balcony in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | balcon |
| German | Balkon |
| Portuguese | sacada, balcão, varanda , camarote |
| Spanish | balcón , palco |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does balcony come from?
From Italian balcone (“balcony, floor-length window”), from Old Italian balcone (“scaffold”) from Lombardic *balk, *balko (“beam”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Akin to Old High German balco, balcho (“beam”), Old English balca (“beam, ridge”). More at balk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).