ballets

\ba.lɛ\

/\ba.lɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ballets” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,871. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,871
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ballet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ballets · ballets · French

ballets · rank #24,871 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,871
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baissée

Nearest frequency peer: baissée (-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 « ballets »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ballets » 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).

ballets vs balls
71% similar
ballets vs belles
71% similar
ballets vs billet
71% similar

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

Key facts for ballets
PropertyValue
Headwordballets
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.lɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,871
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ballets »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.balletsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « baissée » (#24,870), « baser » (#24,872), « background » (#24,869). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « ballets » est au #24,871. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around ballets (IPA \ba.lɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,871 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ballet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ballets, with forms such as "abllets", "balelts", and "ballest". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "balls", "belles", "billet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ballets, spelled B-A-L-L-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ballet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Après s’être fait admettre comme collaborateur dans plusieurs ballets, dans des pièces, des vaudevilles, il en avait acheté l’autre part, en profitant des nécessités qui poignent les acteurs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abllets
  • balelts
  • ballest
  • balletss
  • balletts
  • bballets
  • blalets

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ballets - 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.

abllets2balelts2ballest2balletss1balletts1bballets1blalets2
Edit distance from "ballets"

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 "ballets"?
"ballets" is spelled B-A-L-L-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.lɛ\.
What does "ballets" mean?
As a noun, "ballets" means: Pluriel de ballet.
What words are commonly confused with "ballets"?
"ballets" is commonly confused with "balls", "belles", "billet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ballets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ballets" is \ba.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ballets" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

baissée#24,870bastide#24,873berbère#24,876bobines#24,880

Similar misspelling depth

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

baser7 variantsbraun7 variantsConan7 variantsYvette7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list