balle de golf
\bal də ɡɔlf\
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 ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | balle de golf |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bal də ɡɔlf\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “balle de golf” sits in French frequency
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
- 1Balle 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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- 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.
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