blinking

adj

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"blinking" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“blinking” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,535. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,535
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That blinks.

Corpus desk

Index EN-blinking · blinking · English

blinking · rank #19,535 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,535
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH blinds

Nearest frequency peer: blinds (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “blinking”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “blinking” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

blinking vs bringing
75% similar
blinking vs blocking
75% similar
blinking vs biking
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for blinking
PropertyValue
Headwordblinking
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,535
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “blinking”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).blinkinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “blinds” (#19,534), “blueberry” (#19,536), “blasphemy” (#19,533). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “blinking” is #19,535. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around blinking, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,535 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for blinking, with forms such as "bblinking", "bilnking", and "blikning". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bringing", "blocking", "biking", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is blinking, spelled B-L-I-N-K-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    That blinks.
  2. 2
    bloody

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. a blinking light
  2. The blinking telly isn't working again.

Synonyms

winkingblastedblimmingblooming

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblinking
  • bilnking
  • blikning
  • blinikng
  • blinkign
  • blinkingg
  • blinkinng
  • blinkking
  • blinknig
  • blinnking
  • bllinking
  • blniking
  • lbinking

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blinking - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bblinking1bilnking2blikning2blinikng2blinkign2blinkingg1blinkinng1blinkking1
Edit distance from "blinking"

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 "blinking"?
"blinking" is spelled B-L-I-N-K-I-N-G.
What does "blinking" mean?
As an adjective, "blinking" means: That blinks.
What words are commonly confused with "blinking"?
"blinking" is commonly confused with "bringing", "blocking", "biking". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "blinking" come from?
"blinking" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blinking", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

breathes#19,540ballpark#19,528awakened#19,527ascended#19,520

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

brigadier13 variantscameraman13 variantsvigilante13 variantsdepressive13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list