blindhood
"blindhood" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blindhood” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition or state of being blind.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blindhood · blindhood · English
blindhood · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blindhood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blindhood” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blindhood is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition or state of being blind.".
blindhood has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English *blyndehode, blyndehede. By surface analysis, blind + -hood. The correct English form is blindhood, spelled B-L-I-N-D-H-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1The condition or state of being blind.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blindhood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] to reach the blind in their isolation and inform them of the possibilities of their blindhood in order that they may avail themselves of the advantages already provided and of the enlightening experience of other blind persons.
In the initial phase of my blindhood, comments like these would anger me.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *blyndehode, blyndehede. By surface analysis, blind + -hood.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.