bal masqué
\bal mas.ke\
The verdict
“bal masqué” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bal auquel les participants viennent masqués.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bal-masque · bal masqué · French
bal masqué · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | bal masqué |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bal mas.ke\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bal masqué » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bal masqué is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bal mas.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bal masqué in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bal masqué, spelled B-A-L- -M-A-S-Q-U-É.
Definition
- 1Bal auquel les participants viennent masqués.
- 2La comédie humaine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bal masqué appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Car c’est dans cette atmosphère qu’intervint le plus banal des événements : un bal masqué chez un haut fonctionnaire belge, où M. Naus eut l’idée de se rendre déguisé en mollah.
Il lui arrive aussi d’éblouir : tel il m’apparut un soir prêt à se rendre à une réception dans son costume héréditaire de chevalier de Jérusalem. Je n’étais pas sûre qu’il ne s’agît pas d’un bal masqué.
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.