ballonner
\ba.lɔ.ne\
The verdict
“ballonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gonfler comme un ballon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ballonner · ballonner · French
ballonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | ballonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.lɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ballonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ballonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.lɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ballonner, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ballonner, spelled B-A-L-L-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gonfler comme un ballon.
- 2Enfler par des gaz accumulés dans les intestins, en parlant de l’abdomen.
- 3Gonfler.
- 4Gonfler sous l'effet de gaz intestinaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ballonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du côté de Villegrande, une nuée sombre ballonne à l’horizon.
Agenouillée sur le sol, elle lui tournait le dos, et sa croupe levée haut dissimulait la tête qui plongeait entre les épaules. Un large jupon noir, pincé aux jarrets, ballonnait la silhouette qui prenait dans l’ombre une ampleur incertaine. Honoré s’étonnait d’une abondance de croupe qui lui apparaissait pour la première fois, car il avait souvent regrett…
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