belote

/bəˈlɒt/

//bəˈlɒt// noun

"belote" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“belote” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.

Corpus desk

Index EN-belote · belote · English

belote · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for belote
PropertyValue
Headwordbelote
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bəˈlɒt/
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “belote” in English

belotesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

belote is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /bəˈlɒt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for belote in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French belote. The correct English form is belote, spelled B-E-L-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how belote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. At the Sphinx where he went rather sedately to play belotte and drink (with a timid air) an absinthe, which he hated, he had met a charming friend of his new wife [...].

Etymology

Borrowed from French belote.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "belote"?
"belote" is spelled B-E-L-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /bəˈlɒt/.
What does "belote" mean?
As a noun, "belote" means: A trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.
How do you pronounce "belote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "belote" is /bəˈlɒt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "belote"?
Borrowed from French belote. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list