baliser
\ba.li.ze\
The verdict
“baliser” is uncommon French (frequency #62,804 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,804
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Équiper de balises.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baliser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “baliser” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
baliser is uncommon French at frequency #62,804 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for baliser, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is baliser, spelled B-A-L-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Équiper de balises.
- 2Garnir de balises les hauts-fonds et les passes pour indiquer les endroits difficiles.
- 3Mettre des marques pour indiquer le chemin.
- 4Avoir peur.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “baliser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-L-I-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.li.ze\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.