blick

verb

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

The verdict

“blick” is uncommon English (frequency #72,136 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,136
frequency rank, English
31,241
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To shine, gleam.

Key facts for blick
PropertyValue
Headwordblick
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#72,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “blick” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). blick lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blick is uncommon English at frequency #72,136 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

blick doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps onomatopoeic; perhaps an error for, or a nonce alteration of, blink or click; perhaps a continuation of Middle English bliken (compare blicker), which may have survived in dialect despite not being attested in print for 500 years. The correct English form is blick, spelled B-L-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    To shine, gleam.
  2. 2
    To make, or cause to make, a soft, crisp sound.

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic; perhaps an error for, or a nonce alteration of, blink or click; perhaps a continuation of Middle English bliken (compare blicker), which may have survived in dialect despite not being attested in print for 500 years.

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 "blick"?
"blick" is spelled B-L-I-C-K.
What does "blick" mean?
As a verb, "blick" means: To shine, gleam.
What is the origin of the word "blick"?
Perhaps onomatopoeic; perhaps an error for, or a nonce alteration of, blink or click; perhaps a continuation of Middle English bliken (compare blicker), which may have survived in dialect despite not being attested in print for 500 years. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “blick”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is B-L-I-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list