# balade vs blade

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### balade
*noun · IPA \ba.lad\ · frequency rank #6,465*
Promenade sans but précis.

### blade
*noun · IPA \blad\ · frequency rank #20,937*
Variante de oblade (poisson).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/balade-vs-blade