îles Baléares
\il ba.le.aʁ\
The verdict
“îles Baléares” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Archipel espagnol situé en mer Méditerranée qui comprend cinq îles principales : Majorque, Minorque, Ibiza, Formentera et Cabrera, ainsi que quelques îlots.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | îles Baléares |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \il ba.le.aʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “îles Baléares” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
îles Baléares is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \il ba.le.aʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
îles Baléares doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is îles Baléares, spelled Î-L-E-S- -B-A-L-É-A-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Archipel espagnol situé en mer Méditerranée qui comprend cinq îles principales : Majorque, Minorque, Ibiza, Formentera et Cabrera, ainsi que quelques îlots.
- 2Communauté autonome et province d’Espagne composée de ces îles.
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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.
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Using “îles Baléares”
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- The one correct French spelling is Î-L-E-S- -B-A-L-É-A-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \il ba.le.aʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.