Which to use
“bight” and “blight” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,057
- “bight” frequency rank
- #21,145
- “blight” frequency rank
- 64202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bight | blight |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow | A diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves, branches, or twigs, especially one caused by a fungus; a mildew, a rust, a smut. |
Where the eye mixes bight and blight
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses bight with blight
A purely visual mix-up. bight (/baɪt/) and blight (/blaɪt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bight is recorded at frequency rank #43,057, classified as anoun, pronounced /baɪt/. blight is at rank #21,145, tagged as anoun, pronounced /blaɪt/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 64202, this pair ranks #78,964 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bight vs blight
Shared letters: bghit. Private to "bight": -. Private to "blight": l.
"bight" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "blight" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bight" and "blight" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "bight" vs "blight" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "bight" and "blight" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bight" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blight" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,964 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bight" and "blight" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bidet vs bight". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #78,964 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.