balancer

\ba.lɑ̃.se\

/\ba.lɑ̃.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“balancer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,812. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,812
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tenir en équilibre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-balancer · balancer · French

balancer · rank #8,812 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,812
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bactéries

Nearest frequency peer: bactéries (-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 « balancer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « balancer » 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).

balancer vs balayer
75% similar
balancer vs balances
88% similar
balancer vs Bélanger
63% similar

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

Key facts for balancer
PropertyValue
Headwordbalancer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ba.lɑ̃.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,812
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « balancer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).balancerse 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 « bactéries » (#8,811), « berne » (#8,813), « Archipel » (#8,810). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « balancer » est au #8,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around balancer (IPA \ba.lɑ̃.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,812 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for balancer, with forms such as "ablancer", "baalncer", and "balacner". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "balayer", "balances", "Bélanger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is balancer, spelled B-A-L-A-N-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tenir en équilibre.
  2. 2
    Mouvoir, agiter un corps de manière qu’il penche ou qu’il soit porté tantôt d’un côté, tantôt de l’autre.
  3. 3
    S’élever et descendre alternativement, en parlant de deux personnes qui sont sur les deux bouts d’une pièce de bois mise en équilibre.
  4. 4
    Peser dans son esprit, faire l’examen et la comparaison de choses opposées.
  5. 5
    Compenser une chose par une autre.
  6. 6
    Empêcher de prévaloir, égaler en importance, en mérite, etc.
  7. 7
    Rendre égales entre elles les sommes qui figurent au débit et au crédit d’un compte en ajoutant à la moins élevée la différence qu’on nomme Solde.
  8. 8
    En parlant de masses, organiser des groupes qui, dans une composition, servent de pendant à d’autres et forment avec eux une espèce de symétrie ou d’équilibre pittoresque.
  9. 9
    Faire se correspondre, ou bien organiser des phrases ou parties de phrases.
  10. 10
    Jeter, (avec un mouvement de balancement), lancer.
  11. 11
    Renvoyer.
  12. 12
    Dénoncer.
  13. 13
    Exécuter le pas qu’on nomme balancé.
  14. 14
    Hésiter, être en suspens, pencher tantôt d’un côté, tantôt de l’autre.
  15. 15
    Effectuer des convoyages en taxis collectifs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un danseur de corde qui ne balance pas bien son corps est en danger de tomber.
  2. Vers le soir, il entre dans un champ de blé, de blés hauts et mûrs, dont la brise balance mollement les beaux épis d’or.

This word in other languages

balance(English)equilibrar(Español)schaukeln(Deutsch)balançar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablancer
  • baalncer
  • balacner
  • balanccer
  • balancerr
  • balancre
  • balanecr
  • balanncer
  • ballancer
  • balnacer
  • bbalancer
  • blaancer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ablancer2baalncer2balacner2balanccer1balancerr1balancre2balanecr2balanncer1
Edit distance from "balancer"

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 "balancer"?
"balancer" is spelled B-A-L-A-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.lɑ̃.se\.
What does "balancer" mean?
As a verb, "balancer" means: Tenir en équilibre.
What words are commonly confused with "balancer"?
"balancer" is commonly confused with "balayer", "balances", "Bélanger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "balancer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balancer" is \ba.lɑ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balancer" come from?
"balancer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Archipel#8,810Brigitte#8,815voisines#8,796toxiques#8,788

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

apprennent12 variantsAlexander12 variantscoloniale12 variantstrésors12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list