# billiards

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɪlɪədz/ · frequency rank #35,198

## Definitions
1. A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
2. Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.

## Etymology
From French billard, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”)), from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yos (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

## Easily confused with
- **billiard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/billiard-vs-billiards)

## Common misspellings (12)
`bbilliards`, `biliards`, `bililards`, `billairds`, `billiadrs`, `billiardds`, `billiardss`, `billiarrds`, `billiarsd`, `billirads`, `bliliards`, `iblliards`

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