balise

\ba.liz\

/\ba.liz\/ noun

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The verdict

“balise” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,214. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,214
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout moyen de marquage d’un point de la surface terrestre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-balise · balise · French

balise · rank #19,214 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,214
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH avide

Nearest frequency peer: avide (-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 « balise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « balise » 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).

balise vs Base
50% similar
balise vs bals
67% similar
balise vs balle
67% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « balise »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « avide » (#19,213), « bavarois » (#19,215), « aurélien » (#19,212). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « balise » est au #19,214. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around balise (IPA \ba.liz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,214 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is balise, spelled B-A-L-I-S-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le jour permettait déjà de reconnaître les passes de la Clyde entre les balises et les biggings dont les fanaux s’effaçaient peu à peu devant l’aube naissante.
  2. Pas la moindre balise, je devais compter uniquement sur la boussole pour m’indiquer la bonne direction.

This word in other languages

marker(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablise
  • bailse
  • balies
  • balisse
  • ballise
  • balsie
  • bbalise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of balise - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ablise2bailse2balies2balisse1ballise1balsie2bbalise1
Edit distance from "balise"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Astrid#19,211bishop#19,219ambigu#19,204brèves#19,225

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

antan7 variantsbrive7 variantsburns7 variantsvalse7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list