balancent

\ba.lɑ̃s\

/\ba.lɑ̃s\/ verb

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The verdict

“balancent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,067
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-balancent · balancent · French

balancent · rank #30,067 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,067
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH based

Nearest frequency peer: based (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « balancent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « balancent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

balancent vs balancer
78% similar
balancent vs balances
78% similar
balancent vs balancez
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for balancent
PropertyValue
Headwordbalancent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ba.lɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,067
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « balancent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).balancentse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « based » (#30,068), « aérodynamique » (#30,065), « beaupré » (#30,069). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « balancent » est au #30,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around balancent (IPA \ba.lɑ̃s\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,067 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for balancent, with forms such as "ablancent", "baalncent", and "balacnent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "balancer", "balances", "balancez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is balancent, spelled B-A-L-A-N-C-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe balancer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe balancer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le vent souffle dans leur direction et ce sont eux qui récupèrent les lacrymos qu’ils nous balancent.
  2. Une multitude de singes se balancent de lianes en lianes, d’arbres en arbres. Des colobes, des cercopithèques…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablancent
  • baalncent
  • balacnent
  • balanccent
  • balancennt
  • balancentt
  • balancetn
  • balancnet
  • balanecnt
  • balanncent
  • ballancent
  • balnacent
  • bbalancent
  • blaancent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of balancent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ablancent2baalncent2balacnent2balanccent1balancennt1balancentt1balancetn2balancnet2
Edit distance from "balancent"

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 "balancent"?
"balancent" is spelled B-A-L-A-N-C-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.lɑ̃s\.
What does "balancent" mean?
As a verb, "balancent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe balancer.
What words are commonly confused with "balancent"?
"balancent" is commonly confused with "balancer", "balances", "balancez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "balancent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balancent" is \ba.lɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balancent" come from?
"balancent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bernstein#30,070apprêtent#30,056anonymous#30,054camembert#30,085

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list