blart

verb

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

The verdict

“blart” is uncommon English (frequency #82,108 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,108
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.

Corpus desk

Index EN-blart · blart · English

blart · rank #82,108 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,108
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH bleat

Nearest frequency peer: bleat (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “blart”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for blart
PropertyValue
Headwordblart
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,108
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “blart” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).blartfalls 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: “bleat” (#82,109), “Bleeker” (#82,110), “blinkered” (#82,111). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “blart” is #82,108. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blart is uncommon English at frequency #82,108 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for blart in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Origin obscure. Possibly from Middle English *blerten, from Old English *blǣrettan, a variant of Old English *blǣran (compare Middle English bleren, blaren, bloren (“to cry, bellow, wail”) > English blare, blore). Compare also Middle English blurden, Englis… The correct English form is blart, spelled B-L-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.
  2. 2
    To bleat, bellow, low.

Etymology

Origin obscure. Possibly from Middle English *blerten, from Old English *blǣrettan, a variant of Old English *blǣran (compare Middle English bleren, blaren, bloren (“to cry, bellow, wail”) > English blare, blore). Compare also Middle English blurden, English blurt.

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 "blart"?
"blart" is spelled B-L-A-R-T.
What does "blart" mean?
As a verb, "blart" means: To sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.
What is the origin of the word "blart"?
Origin obscure. Possibly from Middle English *blerten, from Old English *blǣrettan, a variant of Old English *blǣran (compare Middle English bleren, blaren, bloren (“to cry, bellow, wail”) > English blare, blore). Compare also Middle English blurd... 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 "blart", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

bleat#82,109boule#82,124brune#82,137banes#82,075

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list