balancer
\ba.lɑ̃.se\
The verdict
“balancer” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,812 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,812
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tenir en équilibre.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | balancer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.lɑ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “balancer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for balancer is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.lɑ̃.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,812 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Tenir en équilibre.
- 2Mouvoir, agiter un corps de manière qu’il penche ou qu’il soit porté tantôt d’un côté, tantôt de l’autre.
- 3S’élever et descendre alternativement, en parlant de deux personnes qui sont sur les deux bouts d’une pièce de bois mise en équilibre.
- 4Peser dans son esprit, faire l’examen et la comparaison de choses opposées.
- 5Compenser une chose par une autre.
- 6Empêcher de prévaloir, égaler en importance, en mérite, etc.
- 7Rendre 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.
- 8En 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.
- 9Faire se correspondre, ou bien organiser des phrases ou parties de phrases.
- 10Jeter, (avec un mouvement de balancement), lancer.
- 11Renvoyer.
- 12Dénoncer.
- 13Exécuter le pas qu’on nomme balancé.
- 14Hésiter, être en suspens, pencher tantôt d’un côté, tantôt de l’autre.
- 15Effectuer des convoyages en taxis collectifs.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “balancer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-L-A-N-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.lɑ̃.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “balayer” - see the side-by-side comparison. balancer vs balayer
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.