blond

[blɔnt]

/[blɔnt]/ adj

The verdict

“blond” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,108. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,108
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haarfarbe: gelblich, goldfarben

Corpus desk

Index DE-blond · blond · German

blond · rank #13,108 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,108
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH betritt

Nearest frequency peer: betritt (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „blond“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „blond“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

blond vs BND
0% similar
blond vs bon
60% similar
blond vs Bund
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for blond
PropertyValue
Headwordblond
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[blɔnt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,108
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „blond“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).blondliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „betritt“ (#13,107), „besichtigen“ (#13,106), „blöden“ (#13,110). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „blond“ bei #13,108. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around blond (IPA [blɔnt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,108 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for blond, with forms such as "bblond", "bllond", and "blnod". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BND", "bon", "Bund", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is blond, spelled B-L-O-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Haarfarbe: gelblich, goldfarben
  2. 2
    blonde¹ Haare habend
  3. 3
    umgangssprachlich: von heller, goldener Farbe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how blond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In Nordeuropa gibt es viele Menschen mit blonden Haaren.
  2. In Nordeuropa gibt es viele blonde Menschen.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblond
  • bllond
  • blnod
  • blodn
  • blondd
  • blonnd
  • bolnd
  • lbond

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blond - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bblond1bllond1blnod2blodn2blondd1blonnd1bolnd2lbond2
Edit distance from "blond"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blond"?
"blond" is spelled B-L-O-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [blɔnt].
What does "blond" mean?
As an adjective, "blond" means: Haarfarbe: gelblich, goldfarben
What words are commonly confused with "blond"?
"blond" is commonly confused with "BND", "bon", "Bund". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blond"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blond" is [blɔnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blond" come from?
"blond" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blond", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list