blamed
/bleɪmd/
"blamed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blamed” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,244
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - euphemism of damned (intensifier)
Corpus desk
Index EN-blamed · blamed · English
blamed · rank #8,244 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,244
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bells
Nearest frequency peer: bells (-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 “blamed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- balloon
balloon
91,760 corpus weight
- beers
beers
91,759 corpus weight
- bells
bells
91,758 corpus weight
- blamed
blamed
91,757 corpus weight
- blunt
blunt
91,756 corpus weight
- boobs
boobs
91,755 corpus weight
What this shows “blamed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blamed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bleɪmd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “blamed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around blamed (IPA /bleɪmd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,244 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "euphemism of damned (intensifier)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for blamed, with forms such as "balmed", "bblamed", and "blaemd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bled", "bleed", "blaze", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is blamed, spelled B-L-A-M-E-D.
Definition
- 1euphemism of damned (intensifier)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blamed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“I left in a French steamer, and she called in every blamed port they have out there, for, as far as I could see, the sole purpose of landing soldiers and custom-house officers.”
"He's a bad man—a blamed bad man!" fluttered Danny Griswold. "That's right," nodded Lewis Little. "He really wants to fight with swords, I believe."
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- balmed
- bblamed
- blaemd
- blamde
- blamedd
- blammed
- bllamed
- blmaed
- lbamed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blamed - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blamed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).