blinks
/blɪŋks/
"blinks" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blinks” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,310. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,310
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a herbaceous annual plant of species Montia fontana, in the family Montiaceae, formerly included in the purslane family (Portulacaceae).
Corpus desk
Index EN-blinks · blinks · English
blinks · rank #38,310 · 10 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,310
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH blighted
Nearest frequency peer: blighted (-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 “blinks”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Berlusconi
Berlusconi
61,694 corpus weight
- Bic
Bic
61,693 corpus weight
- blighted
blighted
61,692 corpus weight
- blinks
blinks
61,691 corpus weight
- bloodborne
bloodborne
61,690 corpus weight
- Botha
Botha
61,688 corpus weight
What this shows “blinks” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blinks |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /blɪŋks/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #38,310 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “blinks”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around blinks (IPA /blɪŋks/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,310 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "a herbaceous annual plant of species Montia fontana, in the family Montiaceae, formerly included in the purslane family (Portulacaceae).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for blinks, with forms such as "bblinks", "bilnks", and "blikns". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "bliss", "brink", "bunks", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is blinks, spelled B-L-I-N-K-S.
Definition
- 1a herbaceous annual plant of species Montia fontana, in the family Montiaceae, formerly included in the purslane family (Portulacaceae).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bblinks
- bilnks
- blikns
- blinkks
- blinkss
- blinnks
- blinsk
- bllinks
- blniks
- lbinks
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blinks - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).