Which to use
“bloke” is a noun and “blown” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,865
- “bloke” frequency rank
- #5,009
- “blown” frequency rank
- 18874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bloke | blown |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. | Distended, swollen, or inflated. |
Where the eye mixes bloke and blown
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between bloke and blown
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bloke is /bləʊk/ while blown is /bləʊn/. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bloke is recorded at frequency rank #13,865, classified as anoun, pronounced /bləʊk/. blown is at rank #5,009, tagged as anadj, pronounced /bləʊn/.
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 18874, this pair ranks #442,018 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bloke vs blown
Shared letters: blo. Private to "bloke": ek. Private to "blown": nw.
"bloke" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "blown" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bloke" and "blown" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "bloke" or "blown"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bloke" and "blown" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bloke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blown" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #442,018 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bloke" and "blown" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bloat vs bloke". 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 #442,018 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.