# ballet

> English word · Noun · IPA /bælˈeɪ/ · frequency rank #7,650

## Definitions
1. A classical form of dance.
2. A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
3. The company of persons who perform this dance.
4. A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
5. A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.
6. Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“group dance”), from Late Latin ballō (“to dance”).

## Easily confused with
- **balls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-balls)
- **belle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-belle)
- **bally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-bally)
- **bullet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-bullet)
- **basket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-basket)
- **ballot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-ballot)
- **billed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-billed)
- **barley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-barley)
- **ballon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-ballon)
- **barnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-barnet)
- **billet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-billet)
- **Belles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-belles)
- **basset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-basset)
- **buller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-buller)
- **bullets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballet-vs-bullets)
- **ball** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ball-vs-ballet)
- **bale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bale-vs-ballet)
- **bales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bales-vs-ballet)
- **bailey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bailey-vs-ballet)
- **ballad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ballad-vs-ballet)

## Common misspellings (7)
`abllet`, `balelt`, `balet`, `ballett`, `ballte`, `bballet`, `blalet`

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