blinky
/ˈblɪŋki/
"blinky" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blinky” is uncommon English (frequency #68,878 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,878
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of eyes or people/animals: blinking repeatedly, prone to blink.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blinky · blinky · English
blinky · rank #68,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,878
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH biscotti
Nearest frequency peer: biscotti (-3 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.
Long-tail ranks near “blinky”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bibliotheca
bibliotheca
31,130 corpus weight
- Birks
Birks
31,127 corpus weight
- biscotti
biscotti
31,126 corpus weight
- blinky
blinky
31,123 corpus weight
- blowed
blowed
31,120 corpus weight
- boggle
boggle
31,116 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “blinky” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blinky |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈblɪŋki/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blinky” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blinky is uncommon English at frequency #68,878 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈblɪŋki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
blinky has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From blink + -y. The correct English form is blinky, spelled B-L-I-N-K-Y.
Definition
- 1Of eyes or people/animals: blinking repeatedly, prone to blink.
- 2flickery, prone to flicker or flash (of lights, shining objects)
- 3Of milk: turned somewhat sour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blinky appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She sat stuffed into a small chair and listened with an intense and very blinky sort of concentration.
The door of the cabin creaked. Smith's blinky eye peeped out to see if he had dreamed us.
Etymology
From blink + -y.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).