blindhood

noun

"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

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Key facts for blindhood
PropertyValue
Headwordblindhood
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “blindhood” in English

blindhoodfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    The condition or state of being blind.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how blindhood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blindhood"?
"blindhood" is spelled B-L-I-N-D-H-O-O-D.
What does "blindhood" mean?
As a noun, "blindhood" means: The condition or state of being blind.
What is the origin of the word "blindhood"?
Inherited from Middle English *blyndehode, blyndehede. By surface analysis, blind + -hood. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list