Similar words
balle
balle is more for a small ball, like a tennis ball; ballon is for a bigger ball, like a soccer ball, and also means "balloon" — both mean "ball."
Similar in other languages
Spanish
pelota
pelota is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "ball."
Practice
1 What does ballon mean?
ball
2 Fill the gap: L'enfant joue avec un ___ rouge.
Full sentence: L'enfant joue avec un ballon rouge. (The child plays with a red ball.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches ballon?
ballon: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.