Which to use
“blouse” and “blush” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,557
- “blouse” frequency rank
- #13,671
- “blush” frequency rank
- 31228
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blouse | blush |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist. | An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc. |
Where the eye mixes blouse and blush
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. blouse runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against blush's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: blouse vs blush
A purely visual mix-up. blouse (/blaʊs/) and blush (/blʌʃ/) 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 31228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blouse is recorded at frequency rank #17,557, classified as anoun, pronounced /blaʊs/. blush is at rank #13,671, tagged as anoun, pronounced /blʌʃ/.
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 31228, this pair ranks #347,930 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of blouse vs blush
Shared letters: blsu. Private to "blouse": eo. Private to "blush": h.
"blouse" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "blush" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "blouse" for "blush" ever safe?
Which is more common, "blouse" or "blush"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "blouse" and "blush" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "blouse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blush" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,930 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blouse" and "blush" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blush vs bolus". 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 #347,930 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.