blad
noun
blad is spelled B-L-A-D: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blad means “A portfolio” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blad is blads.
How many letters and syllables are in blad?
| Letters | 4: B-L-A-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th 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 blad?
Blad appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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).
How do you pronounce blad?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_blad.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blad?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as blad.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bald.
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).
Forms of blad
- blads plural
- blaud
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blad mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandA portfolio.
- 2
ScotlandA blotting book or blotting pad.
- 3
ScotlandA fragment or lump.
- 4
AustraliaA single sheet for use in a display book, illustrating a particular product (usually confectionery or soft drink) available from a wholesaler.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does blad come from?
Apparently from a dialectal variant of blade. Compare Danish blad (“leaf”), Swedish blad (“leaf”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).