balle de golf

\bal də ɡɔlf\

/\bal də ɡɔlf\/ noun

The verdict

“balle de golf” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Balle conçue pour jouer au golf. Selon les règles, elle doit avoir une forme sphérique d’un diamètre d’au moins 42,67 millimètres, et sa masse ne doit excéder 45,93 grammes. Sa surface est souvent ...

Key facts for balle de golf
PropertyValue
Headwordballe de golf
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bal də ɡɔlf\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “balle de golf” sits in French frequency

balle de golf falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

balle de golf is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bal də ɡɔlf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Balle conçue pour jouer au golf. Selon les règles, elle doit avoir une forme sphérique d’un diamètre d’au moins 42,67 millimètres, et sa masse ne doit excéder 45,93 grammes. Sa surface est souvent ...".

balle de golf has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is balle de golf, spelled B-A-L-L-E- -D-E- -G-O-L-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Balle conçue pour jouer au golf. Selon les règles, elle doit avoir une forme sphérique d’un diamètre d’au moins 42,67 millimètres, et sa masse ne doit excéder 45,93 grammes. Sa surface est souvent uniformément parsemée de centaines de légères concavités pour modifier son aérodynamisme.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "balle de golf"?
"balle de golf" is spelled B-A-L-L-E- -D-E- -G-O-L-F. The IPA pronunciation is \bal də ɡɔlf\.
What does "balle de golf" mean?
As a noun, "balle de golf" means: Balle conçue pour jouer au golf. Selon les règles, elle doit avoir une forme sphérique d’un diamètre d’au moins 42,67 millimètres, et sa masse ne doit excéder 45,93 grammes. Sa surface est souvent ...
How do you pronounce "balle de golf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balle de golf" is \bal də ɡɔlf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balle de golf" come from?
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Using “balle de golf”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-L-L-E- -D-E- -G-O-L-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bal də ɡɔlf\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list