ballon dirigeable
\ba.lɔ̃ di.ʁi.ʒabl\
The verdict
“ballon dirigeable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type d'aéronef constitué par un grand ballon, rempli de gaz plus léger que l’air, pilotable et permettant d’aller où on le conduit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ballon-dirigeable · ballon dirigeable · French
ballon dirigeable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | ballon dirigeable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.lɔ̃ di.ʁi.ʒabl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ballon dirigeable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ballon dirigeable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.lɔ̃ di.ʁi.ʒabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type d'aéronef constitué par un grand ballon, rempli de gaz plus léger que l’air, pilotable et permettant d’aller où on le conduit.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ballon dirigeable in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ballon dirigeable, spelled B-A-L-L-O-N- -D-I-R-I-G-E-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Type d'aéronef constitué par un grand ballon, rempli de gaz plus léger que l’air, pilotable et permettant d’aller où on le conduit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ballon dirigeable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 1850 Jullien construisit un petit ballon dirigeable de 7 m. de longueur en forme de poisson extrêmement allongé, muni de deux hélices latérales à l’emplacement correspondant aux nageoires et d’un gouvernail arrière.
This word in other languages
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