belote
/bəˈlɒt/
"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
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | belote |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bəˈlɒt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “belote” in English
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
- 1A trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how belote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.