blares

/blɛəz/

//blɛəz// noun

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"blares" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“blares” is uncommon English (frequency #96,788 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,788
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of blare

Corpus desk

Index EN-blares · blares · English

blares · rank #96,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,788
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH blackheart

Nearest frequency peer: blackheart (-2 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.

Long-tail ranks near “blares”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “blares” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for blares
PropertyValue
Headwordblares
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/blɛəz/
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,788
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “blares” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).blaresfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “blackheart” (#96,786), “blackbox” (#96,785), “Bodi” (#96,792). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “blares” is #96,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blares is uncommon English at frequency #96,788 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /blɛəz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of blare".

blares doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is blares, spelled B-L-A-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of blare

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 "blares"?
"blares" is spelled B-L-A-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /blɛəz/.
What does "blares" mean?
As a noun, "blares" means: plural of blare
How do you pronounce "blares"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blares" is /blɛəz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blares" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

biogen#96,778breaky#96,802barbel#96,763Butera#96,818

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list