Which to use
“blender” and “blinders” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,418
- “blender” frequency rank
- #41,531
- “blinders” frequency rank
- 57949
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blender | blinders |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients. | plural of blinder |
Where the eye mixes blender and blinders
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. blender runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against blinders's 8 (CCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses blender with blinders
A purely visual mix-up. blender (/ˈblɛn.də/) and blinders (/ˈblaɪndəz/) 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 57949, 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/. blinders is at rank #41,531, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈblaɪndəz/.
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 57949, this pair ranks #115,851 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of blender vs blinders
Shared letters: bdelnr. Private to "blender": -. Private to "blinders": is.
"blender" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "blinders" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "blender" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blinders" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,851 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blender" and "blinders" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blinders vs blunder". 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 #115,851 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.