balançaient
\ba.lɑ̃.sɛ\
The verdict
“balançaient” is uncommon French (frequency #81,794 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,794
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe balancer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-balancaient · balançaient · French
balançaient · rank #81,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,794
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH baile
Nearest frequency peer: baile (-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 « balançaient »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- badigeonner
badigeonner
18,210 corpus weight
- baile
baile
18,208 corpus weight
- balançaient
balançaient
18,207 corpus weight
- ballotage
ballotage
18,206 corpus weight
- balmoral
balmoral
18,205 corpus weight
- bandy
bandy
18,204 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « balançaient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | balançaient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.lɑ̃.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #81,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « balançaient » en français
Rare enough to double-check
balançaient is uncommon French at frequency #81,794 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.lɑ̃.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe balancer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for balançaient in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is balançaient, spelled B-A-L-A-N-Ç-A-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe balancer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how balançaient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais alors des corbeaux, qui se balançaient à la verte flèche des peupliers, croassèrent dans le ciel moite et pluvieux.
Perché sur un promontoire rocheux brûlé de soleil, il mâchouillait sa pipe vide. Ses jambes se balançaient impatiemment dans le vide, traduisant une agitation singulière.
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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