blatantly
/ˈbleɪtəntli/
"blatantly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blatantly” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,300. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,300
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a blatant manner; so as to be highly visible or obvious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blatantly · blatantly · English
blatantly · rank #22,300 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #22,300
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bespoke
Nearest frequency peer: bespoke (-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 “blatantly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- bassist
bassist
77,704 corpus weight
- bein
bein
77,703 corpus weight
- bespoke
bespoke
77,702 corpus weight
- blatantly
blatantly
77,701 corpus weight
- blinding
blinding
77,700 corpus weight
- blocker
blocker
77,699 corpus weight
What this shows “blatantly” 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 | blatantly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈbleɪtəntli/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “blatantly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around blatantly (IPA /ˈbleɪtəntli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #22,300 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a blatant manner; so as to be highly visible or obvious.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for blatantly, with forms such as "baltantly", "bblatantly", and "blaatntly". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "blatant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From blatant + -ly. The correct English form is blatantly, spelled B-L-A-T-A-N-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a blatant manner; so as to be highly visible or obvious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blatantly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although he was blatantly on drugs, the crowd still cheered him.
Further on, blatantly advertising its meritorious solidity, a boarding-house exhibits behind uncurtained windows its testimony to the soundness of London.
Etymology
From blatant + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- baltantly
- bblatantly
- blaatntly
- blatanlty
- blatanntly
- blatantlly
- blatantlyy
- blatanttly
- blatantyl
- blatatnly
- blatnatly
- blattantly
- bllatantly
- bltaantly
- lbatantly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blatantly - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).