baladait

\ba.la.dɛ\

/\ba.la.dɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“baladait” is uncommon French (frequency #57,096 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,096
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe balader.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baladait · baladait · French

baladait · rank #57,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,096
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH babouins

Nearest frequency peer: babouins (-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 « baladait »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « baladait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for baladait
PropertyValue
Headwordbaladait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ba.la.dɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,096
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « baladait » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.baladaittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « babouins » (#57,095), « bandai » (#57,097), « barbet » (#57,098). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baladait » est au #57,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baladait is uncommon French at frequency #57,096 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.la.dɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe balader.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for baladait in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is baladait, spelled B-A-L-A-D-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe balader.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how baladait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il baladait sur son épaule un énorme trépied, emmanché d’un vieux dix-huit-vingt-quatre presque aussi antique que Niepce et Daguerre, tout en glapissant comme un écorché : — Invraisemblable ! C’est invraisemblable ! Vos cognes m’ont contré, malgré mon coupe-file !.
  2. Se rendant tranquillement au bowling, du côté d’Auch (Gers), une femme a dû faire appel à la police après être tombée nez à nez avec un boa empereur, qui se baladait près de l’établissement de jeux, raconte-t-elle sur sa page Facebook.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baladait"?
"baladait" is spelled B-A-L-A-D-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.la.dɛ\.
What does "baladait" mean?
As a verb, "baladait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe balader.
How do you pronounce "baladait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baladait" is \ba.la.dɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baladait" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baladait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list