sala da ballo
\ˈsa.la ˈda ˈbal.lo\
The verdict
“sala da ballo” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Salle de bal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sala da ballo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈsa.la ˈda ˈbal.lo\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sala da ballo” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sala da ballo is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈsa.la ˈda ˈbal.lo\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for sala da ballo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is sala da ballo, spelled S-A-L-A- -D-A- -B-A-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Salle de bal.
- 2Discothèque.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is S-A-L-A- -D-A- -B-A-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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