Which to use
“blaze” and “blazes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,346
- “blaze” frequency rank
- #37,827
- “blazes” frequency rank
- 49173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blaze | blazes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light. | plural of blaze |
Where the eye mixes blaze and blazes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses blaze with blazes
A purely visual mix-up. blaze (/bleɪz/) and blazes (/ˈbleɪzɪz/) 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 extra letter(s) - “blaze” sits inside “blazes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blaze is recorded at frequency rank #11,346, classified as anoun, pronounced /bleɪz/. blazes is at rank #37,827, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbleɪzɪz/.
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 49173, this pair ranks #186,100 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of blaze vs blazes
Shared letters: abelz. Private to "blaze": -. Private to "blazes": s.
"blaze" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "blazes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "blaze" and "blazes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "blaze" vs "blazes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "blaze" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blazes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #186,100 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blaze" and "blazes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bladed vs blazes". 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 #186,100 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.