balançoire

/\ba.lɑ̃.swaʁ\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,135

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

balançoire is aFrenchnoun. It means: Siège que l’on suspend par des cordes, pour se balancer. Pronounced \ba.lɑ̃.swaʁ\.

Key facts for balançoire
PropertyValue
Headwordbalançoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.lɑ̃.swaʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#33,135
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of balançoire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for balançoire is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.lɑ̃.swaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,135 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for balançoire, with forms such as "ablançoire", "baalnçoire", and "balancoire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is balançoire, spelled B-A-L-A-N-Ç-O-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Siège que l’on suspend par des cordes, pour se balancer.
  2. 2
    Pièce de bois mise en équilibre sur un point d’appui élevé et sur laquelle se balancent deux personnes placées à chacun des bouts.
  3. 3
    Propos en l’air, conte à dormir debout.
  4. 4
    Jeu d’acteur emphatique.
  5. 5
    Mouvement de balancier.
  6. 6
    Position sexuelle où l’homme est allongé, et où la femme le chevauche assise de dos.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ablançoire,baalnçoire,balancoire,balannçoire,balanoçire,balançiore,balançoier,balançoirre,balançorie,balaçnoire,ballançoire,balnaçoire,bbalançoire,blaançoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for balançoire

Misspelling Variants of "balançoire"

ablançoire10baalnçoire10balancoire10balannçoire11balanoçire10balançiore10balançoier10balançoirre11
Misspelling Variants of "balançoire"

Frequency rank: #33,135 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "balançoire"?
"balançoire" is spelled B-A-L-A-N-Ç-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.lɑ̃.swaʁ\.
What does "balançoire" mean?
As a noun, "balançoire" means: Siège que l’on suspend par des cordes, pour se balancer.
What are common misspellings of "balançoire"?
Common misspellings include "ablançoire", "baalnçoire", "balancoire", "balannçoire", "balanoçire". The correct spelling is "balançoire".
How do you pronounce "balançoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balançoire" is \ba.lɑ̃.swaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balançoire" come from?
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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.