blonde

/[ˈblɔndə]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,526

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

blonde is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond Pronounced [ˈblɔndə]. It ranks #8,526 in German word frequency. Often confused with bond and Bode.

Key facts for blonde
PropertyValue
Headwordblonde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈblɔndə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,526
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of blonde in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for blonde is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈblɔndə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,526 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for blonde, with forms such as "bblonde", "bllonde", and "blnode". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bond", "Bode", "bone", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is blonde, spelled B-L-O-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bblonde,bllonde,blnode,blodne,blondde,bloned,blonnde,bolnde,lbonde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for blonde

Misspelling Variants of "blonde"

bblonde7bllonde7blnode6blodne6blondde7bloned6blonnde7bolnde6
Misspelling Variants of "blonde"

Frequency rank: #8,526 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blonde"?
"blonde" is spelled B-L-O-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈblɔndə].
What does "blonde" mean?
As an adj, "blonde" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond
What words are commonly confused with "blonde"?
"blonde" is commonly confused with "bond", "Bode", "bone". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blonde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blonde" is [ˈblɔndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blonde" come from?
"blonde" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.