Similar words
balón
balón specifically means a bigger ball, like a soccer or basketball; pelota is more general or smaller, like a tennis ball.
Similar in other languages
French
balle
balle is the French word for the same thing — both mean "ball."
French
ballon
ballon is the French word for the same thing — both mean "ball."
Portuguese
bola
bola is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "ball."
Practice
1 What does pelota mean?
ball
2 Fill the gap: Los niños juegan con la ___.
Full sentence: Los niños juegan con la pelota. (The children play with the ball.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches pelota?
pelota: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.