crayon à bille
\kʁɛ.jɔ̃ a bij\
The verdict
“crayon à bille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stylo dont la pointe est une bille métallique qui délivre l’encre par une rotation sur elle-même.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crayon-a-bille · crayon à bille · French
crayon à bille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | crayon à bille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɛ.jɔ̃ a bij\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crayon à bille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crayon à bille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɛ.jɔ̃ a bij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stylo dont la pointe est une bille métallique qui délivre l’encre par une rotation sur elle-même.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for crayon à bille, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is crayon à bille, spelled C-R-A-Y-O-N- -À- -B-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Stylo dont la pointe est une bille métallique qui délivre l’encre par une rotation sur elle-même.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crayon à bille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 1947, un nouveauté : le crayon à bille qui nous venait d’Amérique du Sud. En 1910, le maître ne voulait pas qu’on se servît du porte-plume réservoir car la plume ne permettait pas respecter les pleins et les déliés. Il en fut de même pour le crayon à bille.
Synonyms
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.