blake

/bleɪk/

//bleɪk// adj

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"blake" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“blake” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,480. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,480
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Yellow, as butter or cheese.

Corpus desk

Index EN-blake · blake · English

blake · rank #5,480 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,480
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH benjamin

Nearest frequency peer: benjamin (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “blake”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “blake” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

blake vs BLE
0% similar
blake vs blue
60% similar
blake vs broke
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for blake
PropertyValue
Headwordblake
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/bleɪk/
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,480
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “blake”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).blakelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “benjamin” (#5,479), “bubble” (#5,481), “aunt” (#5,478). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “blake” is #5,480. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around blake (IPA /bleɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,480 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Yellow, as butter or cheese.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for blake, with forms such as "balke", "bblake", and "blaek". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BLE", "blue", "broke", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English blak, blac (“pale”), from Old English blāc (“pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing”) and Old Norse bleikr (“pale; yellow, pink; any non-red warm color”); both from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; shining”). Comp… The correct English form is blake, spelled B-L-A-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Yellow, as butter or cheese.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how blake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. White shows the rye, the big of big of blaker hue,[…]
  2. […] the E. blake (identical with AS. blac, G. bleich, pale) is provincially used in the sense of yellow. As blake as a paigle, as yellow as a cowslip.

Etymology

From Middle English blak, blac (“pale”), from Old English blāc (“pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing”) and Old Norse bleikr (“pale; yellow, pink; any non-red warm color”); both from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; shining”). Compare Scots bleg (“light, drab”). More at bleak.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • balke
  • bblake
  • blaek
  • blakke
  • blkae
  • bllake
  • lbake

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blake - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

balke2bblake1blaek2blakke1blkae2bllake1lbake2
Edit distance from "blake"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blake"?
"blake" is spelled B-L-A-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is /bleɪk/.
What does "blake" mean?
As an adjective, "blake" means: Yellow, as butter or cheese.
What words are commonly confused with "blake"?
"blake" is commonly confused with "BLE", "blue", "broke". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blake"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blake" is /bleɪk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "blake"?
From Middle English blak, blac (“pale”), from Old English blāc (“pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing”) and Old Norse bleikr (“pale; yellow, pink; any non-red warm color”); both from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; shini... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blake", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list