# blind

> English word · Adjective · IPA /blaɪnd/ · frequency rank #2,879

## Definitions
1. Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
2. Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
3. Having little or no visibility.
4. Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
5. Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
6. Able to be fixed without access to one end.
7. Smallest or slightest.
8. Without any prior knowledge.
9. Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
10. Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
11. Unintelligible or illegible.
12. not having a well-defined head.
13. Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
14. Uncircumcised.

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

## Easily confused with
- **bond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-bond)
- **blip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-blip)
- **bund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-bund)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-brin)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-bring)
- **blood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-blood)
- **build** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-build)
- **brand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-brand)
- **bound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-bound)
- **blunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-blunt)
- **bliss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-bliss)
- **blink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-blink)
- **blitz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-blitz)
- **blond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-blond)
- **brink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-brink)
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-bling)
- **brine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-brine)
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-boing)
- **blonde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-blonde)
- **blinds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-blinds)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bblind`, `bilnd`, `blidn`, `blindd`, `blinnd`, `bllind`, `blnid`, `lbind`

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