Which to use
“blinded” is a verb and “blindly” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,576
- “blinded” frequency rank
- #19,031
- “blindly” frequency rank
- 34607
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blinded | blindly |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of blind | In a blind manner; without sight. |
Where the eye mixes blinded and blindly
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. blinded (CCVCCVC) and blindly (CCVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: blinded vs blindly
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: blinded is /ˈblaɪn.dɪd/ while blindly is /ˈblaɪndli/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blinded is recorded at frequency rank #15,576, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈblaɪn.dɪd/. blindly is at rank #19,031, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈblaɪndli/.
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 34607, this pair ranks #319,326 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of blinded vs blindly
Shared letters: bdiln. Private to "blinded": e. Private to "blindly": y.
"blinded" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "blindly" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "blinded" for "blindly" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "blinded" or "blindly" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "blinded" and "blindly" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "blinded" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blindly" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,326 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blinded" and "blindly" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blanked vs blinded". 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 #319,326 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.