# blend

> English word · Noun · IPA /blɛnd/ · frequency rank #7,653

## Definitions
1. A mixture of two or more things.
2. A word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.

## Etymology
From Middle English blenden, either from Old English blandan, blondan, ġeblandan, ġeblendan or from Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (which was originally a strong verb with the present-tense stem blend; compare blendingr (“a blending, a mixture; a half-breed”)), whence also Danish blande, or from a blend of the Old English and Old Norse terms; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to blend; mix; combine”). Compare Middle Dutch blanden (“to mix”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (blandan), Old Church Slavonic блєсти (blesti, “to go astray”).

## Easily confused with
- **bond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-bond)
- **blew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-blew)
- **bred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-bred)
- **bund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-bund)
- **bren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-bren)
- **blood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-blood)
- **brand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-brand)
- **blind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-blind)
- **bread** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-bread)
- **bound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-bound)
- **bless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-bless)
- **breed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-breed)
- **blunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-blunt)
- **blink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-blink)
- **Brent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-brent)
- **blond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-blond)
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-bling)
- **blonde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-blonde)
- **Brenda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-brenda)
- **blends** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-blends)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bblend`, `belnd`, `bledn`, `blendd`, `blennd`, `bllend`, `blned`, `lbend`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blend