ballotter
\ba.lɔ.te\
The verdict
“ballotter” 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) - Agiter en divers sens, en des sens contraires.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ballotter · ballotter · French
ballotter · 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 | ballotter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.lɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ballotter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ballotter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.lɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ballotter in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ballotter, spelled B-A-L-L-O-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Agiter en divers sens, en des sens contraires.
- 2Se jouer de quelqu’un, le renvoyer de l’un à l’autre ; lui donner des espérances, sans avoir l'intention de le satisfaire.
- 3Discuter, l’agiter de part et d’autre, en délibérer, en parlant d'une affaire.
- 4Se renvoyer la balle, jouer sans faire de partie réglée.
- 5Remuer et éprouver des secousses, faute d’être fixée comme elle devrait l’être, en parlant d'une chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ballotter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La mer nous a ballottés pendant trois jours et trois nuits sans relâche.
Il portait sous le bras un objet d’assez grandes dimensions dont elles ne purent discerner la nature, et qui, en ballottant contre sa jambe, contrariait sa marche.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.