# belle

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɛl/ · frequency rank #9,706

## Definitions
1. An attractive woman.
2. A fellow gay man.

## Etymology
From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella.

## Easily confused with
- **BLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-ble)
- **bill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-bill)
- **blue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-blue)
- **belt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-belt)
- **bull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-bull)
- **bile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-bile)
- **Belo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-belo)
- **bene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-bene)
- **below** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-below)
- **bible** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-bible)
- **bills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-bills)
- **billy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-billy)
- **belly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-belly)
- **bulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-bulls)
- **bells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-bells)
- **bully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-bully)
- **belts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-belts)
- **Boyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-boyle)
- **bulge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-bulge)
- **Bette** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-bette)

## Common misspellings (5)
`bbelle`, `bele`, `belel`, `blele`, `eblle`

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