bellas

\ˈbe.ʎas\

/\ˈbe.ʎas\/ adj

The verdict

“bellas” is uncommon French (frequency #78,176 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,176
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de bello.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bellas · bellas · French

bellas · rank #78,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,176
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH belladone

Nearest frequency peer: belladone (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bellas »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bellas » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bellas
PropertyValue
Headwordbellas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈbe.ʎas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,176
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bellas » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bellastombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « belladone » (#78,175), « Belloubet » (#78,177), « Benidorm » (#78,178). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bellas » est au #78,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bellas is uncommon French at frequency #78,176 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈbe.ʎas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de bello.".

bellas 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bellas, spelled B-E-L-L-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de bello.

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 "bellas"?
"bellas" is spelled B-E-L-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbe.ʎas\.
What does "bellas" mean?
As an adjective, "bellas" means: Féminin pluriel de bello.
How do you pronounce "bellas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bellas" is \ˈbe.ʎas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list