balle aux prisonniers
\ba.l‿o pʁi.zɔ.nje\
The verdict
“balle aux prisonniers” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jeu sportif dont le but est d’éliminer tous les joueurs adverses, en les touchant avec le ballon. Cependant ils peuvent se libérer en faisant de même depuis leur prison, derrière le camp adverse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-balle-aux-prisonniers · balle aux prisonniers · French
balle aux prisonniers · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | balle aux prisonniers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.l‿o pʁi.zɔ.nje\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “balle aux prisonniers” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
balle aux prisonniers is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.l‿o pʁi.zɔ.nje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeu sportif dont le but est d’éliminer tous les joueurs adverses, en les touchant avec le ballon. Cependant ils peuvent se libérer en faisant de même depuis leur prison, derrière le camp adverse.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for balle aux prisonniers in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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. The correct French form is balle aux prisonniers, spelled B-A-L-L-E- -A-U-X- -P-R-I-S-O-N-N-I-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Jeu sportif dont le but est d’éliminer tous les joueurs adverses, en les touchant avec le ballon. Cependant ils peuvent se libérer en faisant de même depuis leur prison, derrière le camp adverse.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "balle aux prisonniers"?
What does "balle aux prisonniers" mean?
How do you pronounce "balle aux prisonniers"?
What language does "balle aux prisonniers" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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.