balise

/\ba.liz\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,214

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

balise is aFrenchnoun. It means: Tout moyen de marquage d’un point de la surface terrestre. Pronounced \ba.liz\. Often confused with Base and bals.

Key facts for balise
PropertyValue
Headwordbalise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.liz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,214
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for balise is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.liz\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,214 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for balise, with forms such as "ablise", "bailse", and "balies". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Base", "bals", "balle", 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 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 balise, spelled B-A-L-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tout moyen de marquage d’un point de la surface terrestre.
  2. 2
    Tout moyen de marquage d’un point de la surface terrestre.
  3. 3
    Tout moyen de marquage d’un point de la surface terrestre.
  4. 4
    Tout moyen de marquage d’un point de la surface terrestre.
  5. 5
    Tout moyen de marquage d’un point de la surface terrestre.
  6. 6
    Tout moyen de marquage d’un point de la surface terrestre.
  7. 7
    Chemin de halage.
  8. 8
    Balise de priorité Signal routier ancien, équivalent au « cédez le passage » actuel. Le terme de balise est encore employé de nos jours pour désigner le « cédez le passage ».
  9. 9
    Dans un langage de description de documents, marque destinée à l’identification, la description ou la mise en forme d’un élément de document.
  10. 10
    Dispositif radioélectrique fixe de télécommunication à faible distance avec des véhicules.
  11. 11
    Dispositif doté d’un identificateur, repérable par des moyens appropriés et utilisé à des fins de localisation.
  12. 12
    Limite à respecter.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ablise,bailse,balies,balisse,ballise,balsie,bbalise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for balise

Misspelling Variants of "balise"

ablise6bailse6balies6balisse7ballise7balsie6bbalise7
Misspelling Variants of "balise"

Frequency rank: #19,214 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "balise"?
"balise" is spelled B-A-L-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.liz\.
What does "balise" mean?
As a noun, "balise" means: Tout moyen de marquage d’un point de la surface terrestre.
What words are commonly confused with "balise"?
"balise" is commonly confused with "Base", "bals", "balle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "balise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balise" is \ba.liz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balise" come from?
"balise" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.