Which to use
“blender” and “blends” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,418
- “blender” frequency rank
- #18,500
- “blends” frequency rank
- 34918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blender | blends |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients. | plural of blend |
Where the eye mixes blender and blends
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. blender runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against blends's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: blender vs blends
A purely visual mix-up. blender (/ˈblɛn.də/) and blends (/blɛndz/) 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 34918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blender is recorded at frequency rank #16,418, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈblɛn.də/. blends is at rank #18,500, tagged as anoun, pronounced /blɛndz/.
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 34918, this pair ranks #316,513 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of blender vs blends
Shared letters: bdeln. Private to "blender": r. Private to "blends": s.
"blender" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "blends" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "blender" for "blends" ever safe?
Frequency check: "blender" vs "blends" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "blender" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blends" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,513 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blender" and "blends" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bendy vs blends". 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 #316,513 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.