# Belles

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,580

## Definitions
1. A village in Dominica.

## Etymology
Named after British colonial administrator and author Henry Hesketh Bell (1864–1952).

## Easily confused with
- **bills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bills)
- **blues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-blues)
- **belly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-belly)
- **bulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bulls)
- **bells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bells)
- **belts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-belts)
- **bello** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bello)
- **bullet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bullet)
- **billed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-billed)
- **Bowles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bowles)
- **belted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-belted)
- **bellow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bellow)
- **billet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-billet)
- **buller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-buller)
- **bullets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bullets)
- **bullies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bullies)
- **bellows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bellows)
- **bellies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bellies)
- **bellied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belles-vs-bellied)
- **bell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bell-vs-belles)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbelles`, `belels`, `beles`, `belless`, `bellse`, `bleles`, `eblles`

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