Which to use
“blond” and “blown” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,866
- “blond” frequency rank
- #5,009
- “blown” frequency rank
- 18875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blond | blown |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour. | Distended, swollen, or inflated. |
Where the eye mixes blond and blown
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: blond vs blown
A purely visual mix-up. blond (/blɒnd/) and blown (/bləʊn/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blond is recorded at frequency rank #13,866, classified as anadj, pronounced /blɒnd/. 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 18875, this pair ranks #442,006 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of blond vs blown
Shared letters: blno. Private to "blond": d. Private to "blown": w.
"blond" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "blown" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "blond" for "blown" ever safe?
Which is more common, "blond" or "blown"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "blond" and "blown" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "blond" 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 #442,006 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blond" and "blown" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bernd vs blond". 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 #442,006 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.