# bal vs bold

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### bal
*noun · IPA \bal\ · frequency rank #5,426*
Réunion, assemblée où l’on danse.

### bold
*adjective · IPA \bəʊld\ · frequency rank #48,947*
Hardi.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/bal-vs-bold