# blake vs blames

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### blake
*adjective · IPA /bleɪk/ · frequency rank #5,480*
Yellow, as butter or cheese.

### blames
*verb · IPA /bleɪmz/ · frequency rank #13,863*
third-person singular simple present indicative of blame

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blames