blam
[ˈblæm]
"blam" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blam” is uncommon English (frequency #61,317 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,317
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blam · blam · English
blam · rank #61,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,317
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH birdwatching
Nearest frequency peer: birdwatching (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “blam”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bindi
bindi
38,687 corpus weight
- bioactive
bioactive
38,686 corpus weight
- birdwatching
birdwatching
38,685 corpus weight
- blam
blam
38,684 corpus weight
- blistered
blistered
38,682 corpus weight
- blitzed
blitzed
38,681 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “blam” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblæm] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blam” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
blam is uncommon English at frequency #61,317 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈblæm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot.".
No misspelling variants are generated for blam in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: By onomatopoeia. The correct English form is blam, spelled B-L-A-M.
Definition
- 1A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how blam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He kicked in the door with a blam.
Etymology
By onomatopoeia.
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.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.