baloney
/bəˈloʊni/noun
baloney is spelled B-A-L-O-N-E-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, baloney means “A type of sausage; bologna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of baloney is baloneys.
How many letters and syllables are in baloney?
| Letters | 7: B-A-L-O-N-E-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is baloney?
Baloney appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 baloney?
- UK /bəˈləʊni/
- US /bəˈloʊni/
- Australia /bəˈləʉni/
Baloney 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: En-au-baloney.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with baloney?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as baloney from its last stressed vowel (/oʊni/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of baloney
- baloneys plural
- boloney
- bologna
- polony
- balonie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does baloney mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA type of sausage; bologna.
- 2
USslangNonsense.
That's a bunch of baloney! I don't believe one word!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Baloney in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Fleischwurst, Mortadella, Lyoner , Quatsch, Käse, Unsinn |
| Portuguese | mortadela |
| Spanish | mortadela , tonterías, inventos, chorrada, chuminada, farfolla |
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 baloney come from?
Phonetic spelling of bologna.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).