balance

/[baˈlãnse]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,282

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

balance is aSpanishnoun. It means: El movimiento que hace algún cuerpo inclinándose ya a un lado ya al opuesto. Pronounced [baˈlãnse]. It ranks #5,282 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with blanc and blanco.

Key facts for balance
PropertyValue
Headwordbalance
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baˈlãnse]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,282
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of balance in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for balance is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈlãnse]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,282 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for balance, with forms such as "ablance", "baalnce", and "balacne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "blanc", "blanco", "blanca", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is balance, spelled B-A-L-A-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    El movimiento que hace algún cuerpo inclinándose ya a un lado ya al opuesto.
  2. 2
    La duda o perplejidad en hacer alguna cosa.
  3. 3
    En la esgrima, el movimiento que se hace inclinando el cuerpo hacia adelante o hacia atrás sin mover los pies.
  4. 4
    El libro en que los comerciantes y banqueros anotan su activo y su pasivo.
  5. 5
    La cuenta final por mayor de entradas y salidas, que hacen los comerciantes y banqueros, y que demuestra el estado de su caudal.
  6. 6
    La cifra que representa la diferencia entre el debe y el haber.
  7. 7
    El movimiento que hace la nave de babor a estribor o al contrario. Cuando la nave hace el movimiento cayendo sobre la proa se llama cabezada, y si sobre la popa, alfada o caída de popa.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ablance,baalnce,balacne,balancce,balanec,balannce,balanse,ballance,balnace,bbalance,blaance,valance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for balance

Misspelling Variants of "balance"

ablance7baalnce7balacne7balancce8balanec7balannce8balanse7ballance8
Misspelling Variants of "balance"

Frequency rank: #5,282 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "balance"?
"balance" is spelled B-A-L-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈlãnse].
What does "balance" mean?
As a noun, "balance" means: El movimiento que hace algún cuerpo inclinándose ya a un lado ya al opuesto.
What words are commonly confused with "balance"?
"balance" is commonly confused with "blanc", "blanco", "blanca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "balance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balance" is [baˈlãnse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balance" come from?
"balance" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.