baballe
\ba.bal\
The verdict
“baballe” is uncommon French (frequency #90,443 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,443
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminutif péjoratif ou affectueux de balle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baballe · baballe · French
baballe · rank #90,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,443
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH aéroglisseur
Nearest frequency peer: aéroglisseur (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « baballe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ayahuasca
ayahuasca
9,561 corpus weight
- Azouz
Azouz
9,560 corpus weight
- aéroglisseur
aéroglisseur
9,559 corpus weight
- baballe
baballe
9,558 corpus weight
- Bacardi
Bacardi
9,557 corpus weight
- bakar
bakar
9,555 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « baballe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baballe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.bal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « baballe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
baballe is uncommon French at frequency #90,443 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.bal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diminutif péjoratif ou affectueux de balle.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for baballe, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is baballe, spelled B-A-B-A-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Diminutif péjoratif ou affectueux de balle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how baballe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
ce n'est plus un sport mais un « cirque », le ballon devient une « baballe » dans laquelle tapent non des sportifs, mais des « mercenaires », « techniciens capables de se vendre à n'importe qui et n'importe où » (Saint-Clair), des « millionnaires en short » (Jeans).
Des sifflets permanents quand la Roja jouait à la baballe, un emballement à l’approche des buts d’Unai Simon et deux kops qui se répondaient en s’applaudissant.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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