belot

\bəlo\

/\bəlo\/ noun

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The verdict

“belot” is uncommon French (frequency #60,575 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,575
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-belot · belot · French

belot · rank #60,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,575
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bedaine

Nearest frequency peer: bedaine (-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 « belot »

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 « belot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for belot
PropertyValue
Headwordbelot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bəlo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,575
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « belot » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bedaine » (#60,574), « Berkshire » (#60,576), « Bernardino » (#60,577). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « belot » est au #60,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

belot is uncommon French at frequency #60,575 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bəlo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Veau.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for belot, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is belot, spelled B-E-L-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Veau.

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 "belot"?
"belot" is spelled B-E-L-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bəlo\.
What does "belot" mean?
As a noun, "belot" means: Veau.
How do you pronounce "belot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "belot" is \bəlo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "belot" come from?
"belot" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

basso#60,571babes#60,564Aïssa#60,563avers#60,559

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list