balancine
\ba.lɑ̃.sin\
The verdict
“balancine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cordage qui soutient une vergue par ses deux extrémités ou par une seule et qui sert à la tenir suspendue horizontalement ou à l’incliner d’un côté ou de l’autre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-balancine · balancine · French
balancine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | balancine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.lɑ̃.sin\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « balancine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
balancine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.lɑ̃.sin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for balancine, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is balancine, spelled B-A-L-A-N-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Cordage qui soutient une vergue par ses deux extrémités ou par une seule et qui sert à la tenir suspendue horizontalement ou à l’incliner d’un côté ou de l’autre.
- 2Cordage permettant de régler la hauteur d'un espar sur un voilier, corde qui soutient le gui.
- 3Seconde sangle sur la selle d'amazone qui relie l’avant du côté gauche et l’arrière du côté droit pour éviter que la selle ne tourne.
- 4Balançoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how balancine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toute voile carrée a deux balancines.
chacun put apercevoir Robert suspendu aux balancines du petit perroquet à cent pieds en l’air.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.