peau de balle
\po də bal\
The verdict
“peau de balle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peau-de-balle · peau de balle · French
peau de balle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | peau de balle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \po də bal\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « peau de balle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
peau de balle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \po də bal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rien.".
peau de balle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is peau de balle, spelled P-E-A-U- -D-E- -B-A-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Rien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peau de balle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils n’ont jamais rien, jamais de subvention de l’État, rien du tout, peau de balle.
Les comptes du père et de la mère ne valent plus rien, que tchi, peau de balle, rien face à la tempête et à l’eau qui monte...
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.