Baloon vs. Balloon: What's the Difference?
Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on October 28, 2023
"Baloon" is an incorrect spelling. The correct spelling is "balloon," referring to an inflatable object often filled with air or gas.
Which is correct: Baloon or Balloon
How to spell Balloon?
Baloon is Incorrect
Balloon is Correct
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Key Differences
"Balloon" has two "l's" and two "o's" – pairs of letters like its two attached strings.
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Oct 27, 2023
Think of two loops, which can remind you of the double "o" in "balloon."
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A balloon is too big to have just one 'o'.
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Oct 27, 2023
Remember "balloon" like "saloon," both have double 'l's and 'o's.
Aimie Carlson
Oct 27, 2023
If you're floating "on" air, add another 'o' to get "balloon."
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Oct 27, 2023
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Baloon and Balloon Definitions
Balloon
A flexible bag filled with air or gas, usually helium, that rises.
The child let go of the helium-filled balloon, and it floated away.
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Balloon
To swell out in a spherical shape, often due to air or gas.
The bread dough started to balloon as it rose.
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Balloon
A large, non-porous bag used in hot air ballooning.
We took a sunrise trip in a hot air balloon.
Aimie Carlson
Sep 11, 2023
Balloon
A flexible bag designed to be inflated with hot air or with a gas, such as helium, that is lighter than the surrounding air, causing it to rise and float in the atmosphere.
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Balloon
Such a bag with sufficient capacity to lift and transport a suspended gondola or other load.
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Balloon
Such a bag shaped like a figure or object when inflated; an inflatable.
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Balloon
A usually round or oblong inflatable rubber bag used as a toy or decoration.
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Balloon
(Medicine) An inflatable device that is inserted into a body cavity or structure and distended with air or gas for therapeutic purposes, such as angioplasty.
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Balloon
To cause to expand by or as if by inflating
Unforeseen expenditures that ballooned the deficit.
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Balloon
An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
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Balloon
Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
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Balloon
(medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
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Balloon
(architecture) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
The balloon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London
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Balloon
(chemistry) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
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Balloon
(engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
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Balloon
(slang) A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
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Balloon
(intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.
His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.
Prices will balloon if we don't act quickly.
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Balloon
A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aërial navigation.
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Balloon
A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London.
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Balloon
A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
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Balloon
The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
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Balloon
Ride in a hot-air balloon;
He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China
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Balloon
An outline in a cartoon or comic for enclosing words or representing speech.
The cartoon character had a thought balloon above his head.
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Sep 11, 2023
Balloon
To increase or expand rapidly.
The company's profits began to balloon after the new product release.
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FAQs
What is the verb form of Balloon?
"Balloon" (as in to increase rapidly or swell out).
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Why is it called Balloon?
Derived from the French word "ballon," meaning a large ball.
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Is Balloon a noun or adjective?
Primarily a noun, but can be used as a verb or adjective in specific contexts.
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Oct 27, 2023
Which conjunction is used with Balloon?
Contextual; can be "and" or "but" among others.
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Is Balloon a negative or positive word?
Neutral, but can have positive connotations in celebratory contexts.
Sara Rehman
Oct 27, 2023
Is the Balloon term a metaphor?
It can be used metaphorically to describe something expanding or increasing rapidly.
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What part of speech is Balloon?
Noun, but can also be a verb or adjective in specific contexts.
Janet White
Oct 27, 2023
Which determiner is used with Balloon?
"This" or "that" depending on context.
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How is Balloon used in a sentence?
"The balloon soared high into the sky during the festival."
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Is Balloon a countable noun?
Yes, you can have one balloon or multiple balloons.
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Oct 27, 2023
Is the word Balloon imperative?
Not inherently, but can be used in commands like "Balloon the expenses."
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What is another term for Balloon?
Blimp or airship (though context-specific).
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