balayer

\ba.lɛ.je\

/\ba.lɛ.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“balayer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,304
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nettoyer un lieu avec le balai.

Corpus desk

Index FR-balayer · balayer · French

balayer · rank #16,304 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,304
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH auditeur

Nearest frequency peer: auditeur (-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 « balayer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « balayer » 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).

balayer vs bayer
71% similar
balayer vs Blaye
57% similar
balayer vs blâmer
57% similar

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

Key facts for balayer
PropertyValue
Headwordbalayer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ba.lɛ.je\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,304
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « balayer »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « auditeur » (#16,303), « Bastien » (#16,305), « atlantic » (#16,302). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « balayer » est au #16,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around balayer (IPA \ba.lɛ.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,304 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for balayer, with forms such as "ablayer", "baalyer", and "balaeyr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "bayer", "Blaye", "blâmer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is balayer, spelled B-A-L-A-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nettoyer un lieu avec le balai.
  2. 2
    Traîner au sol, en parlant de l’extrémité d’un vêtement que l’on porte.
  3. 3
    Faire subir le feu nourri des armes avec un mouvement circulaire.
  4. 4
    Chasser les ennemis d’un lieu ; faire place nette.
  5. 5
    Remporter une grande victoire sur ses adversaires.
  6. 6
    Repousser ; éloigner ; annuler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Balayer la poussière, les épluchures, les débris, etc.
  2. Avec cette neige, reprit le loueur, tu dois balayer le devant de ta porte.

This word in other languages

sweep(English)barrer(Español)fegen(Deutsch)varrer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablayer
  • baalyer
  • balaeyr
  • balayerr
  • balayre
  • balayyer
  • ballayer
  • balyaer
  • bbalayer
  • blaayer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of balayer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ablayer2baalyer2balaeyr2balayerr1balayre2balayyer1ballayer1balyaer2
Edit distance from "balayer"

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 "balayer"?
"balayer" is spelled B-A-L-A-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.lɛ.je\.
What does "balayer" mean?
As a verb, "balayer" means: Nettoyer un lieu avec le balai.
What words are commonly confused with "balayer"?
"balayer" is commonly confused with "bayer", "Blaye", "blâmer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "balayer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balayer" is \ba.lɛ.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balayer" come from?
"balayer" 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 "balayer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bastien#16,305bouchée#16,309bulgare#16,311buteurs#16,313

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

auditeur10 variantsaimaient10 variantsverbale10 variantsdédiées10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list