# blew

> English word · Verb · IPA /bl(j)uː/ · frequency rank #5,859

## Definitions
1. simple past of blow
2. past participle of blow

## Etymology
From Middle English blew, from Old English blēow, from Proto-West Germanic *blē.

## Easily confused with
- **BW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-bw)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-bye)
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-bow)
- **BTW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-btw)
- **BMW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-bmw)
- **BLM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-blm)
- **Boe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-boe)
- **BLS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-bls)
- **bly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-bly)
- **blue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-blue)
- **blog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-blog)
- **blow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-blow)
- **bred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-bred)
- **brew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-brew)
- **bloc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-bloc)
- **blur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-blur)
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-brow)
- **bree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-bree)
- **blob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-blob)
- **blot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-blot)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bblew`, `belw`, `bleww`, `bllew`, `blwe`, `lbew`

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