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blind

/ˈblaɪ̯nd/adjective, noun, verb, adverb

blind is spelled B-L-I-N-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 33 times per million words in written English, the 2,888th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, blind means “Unable to see, or only partially able to see” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in blind?

Letters5: B-L-I-N-D
Syllables1
In writing33 times per million words; the 2,888th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is blind?

Blind appears 33 times per million words in written English, the 2,888th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce blind?

  • /ˈblaɪ̯nd/
  • [ˈblaɪ̯nd]
  • /ˈblaːnd/

Blind has one syllable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-blind.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of blind

  • blinder comparative
  • blindest superlative
  • blinds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • blinding participle, present
  • blinded participle, past
  • more blind comparative
  • most blind superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does blind mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

    Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.

  2. 2

    Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.

    The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.

  3. 3

    Having little or no visibility.

    a blind path

  4. 4

    Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.

    a blind alley

  5. 5

    Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.

    a blind wall

  6. 6

    Able to be fixed without access to one end.

    a blind rivet

  7. 7

    Smallest or slightest.

    I shouted, but he didn’t take a blind bit of notice.

  8. 8

    Without any prior knowledge.

    He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.

noun

  1. 1

    A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

  2. 2

    A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.

  3. 3

    A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.

    a duck blind

  4. 4

    Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.

  5. 5

    A blindage.

  6. 6

    A hiding place.

  7. 7

    colloquialThe blindside.

  8. 8

    slangNo score.

verb

  1. 1

    To make temporarily or permanently blind.

    The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.

  2. 2

    informalTo curse, swear, use foul language

  3. 3

    To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.

  4. 4

    To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

adverb

  1. 1

    Without seeing; unseeingly.

  2. 2

    colloquialAbsolutely, totally.

    to swear blind

  3. 3

    Without looking at the cards dealt.

  4. 4

    As a pastry case only, without any filling.

    Blind bake your pie case for fifteen minutes, then add the filling. This will help avoid a “soggy bottom”.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Blind in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchaveugle, mal-voyant (unable to see), store (covering for a window), blind (forced bet in poker), aveugler (make temporarily or permanently blind)
Germanblind (unable to see), Jalousie, Rouleau, Rollo (covering for a window), unkritisch, ignorant (failing to see)
Portuguesecego (unable to see), persiana, estore (covering for a window), cegar (make temporarily or permanently blind), às cegas (without any prior knowledge)
Spanishciego, invidente (unable to see), celosía, persiana (covering for a window), ciega (forced bet in poker), cegar (make temporarily or permanently blind)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does blind come from?

From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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