balayette

\ba.lɛ.jɛt\

/\ba.lɛ.jɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“balayette” is uncommon French (frequency #72,098 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,098
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit balai, parfois sans manche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-balayette · balayette · French

balayette · rank #72,098 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,098
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baisait

Nearest frequency peer: baisait (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « balayette »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « balayette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for balayette
PropertyValue
Headwordbalayette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.lɛ.jɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,098
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « balayette » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).balayettetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « baisait » (#72,097), « baleinière » (#72,099), « baigneuses » (#72,096). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « balayette » est au #72,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

balayette is uncommon French at frequency #72,098 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.lɛ.jɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for balayette in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is balayette, spelled B-A-L-A-Y-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit balai, parfois sans manche.
  2. 2
    Petit balai de bruyère utilisé dans le filage des cocons de soie.
  3. 3
    Coup de pied sec porté au niveau de la cheville ou du tibia dans le but de faire chuter quelqu’un.
  4. 4
    Pénis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour fourguer une balayette à chiotte, il faisait une tragédie shakespearienne. Il vendait en poète. C’était un artiste.
  2. Au moins, si je passais un coup de balayette, je garderais mes mains occupées.

This word in other languages

whisk(English)Handbesen(Deutsch)

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 "balayette"?
"balayette" is spelled B-A-L-A-Y-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.lɛ.jɛt\.
What does "balayette" mean?
As a noun, "balayette" means: Petit balai, parfois sans manche.
How do you pronounce "balayette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balayette" is \ba.lɛ.jɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balayette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bagagiste#72,094avidement#72,089aveuglant#72,088attristés#72,086

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list