bla
interjection
bla is spelled B-L-A: 3 letters. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, bla means “Alternative form of blah (“imitative of idle, meaningless talk”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bla?
| Letters | 3: B-L-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bla?
Bla appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with bla
Also written: blah.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with bla?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bla.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lab, alb.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does bla mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Alternative form of blah (“imitative of idle, meaningless talk”).
noun
- 1
Initialism of biological licence application.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).