blazon
/ˈbleɪzən/
"blazon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blazon” is an uncommon English word, ranked #94,606 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #94,606
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A verbal or written description of a coat of arms.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blazon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbleɪzən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blazon” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for blazon is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbleɪzən/. Corpus data places it at rank #94,606 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for blazon, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English blason, blasoun (“shield”), from Old French blason (“shield”). The correct English form is blazon, spelled B-L-A-Z-O-N.
Definition
- 1A verbal or written description of a coat of arms.
- 2A formalized language for describing a coat of arms.
- 3A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.
- 4Ostentatious display, verbal or otherwise; publication; description; record.
Etymology
From Middle English blason, blasoun (“shield”), from Old French blason (“shield”).
This word in other languages
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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Using “blazon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-L-A-Z-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.