blistered

adj

"blistered" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“blistered” is uncommon English (frequency #61,319 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,319
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having one or more blisters

Corpus desk

Index EN-blistered · blistered · English

blistered · rank #61,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,319
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH blitzed

Nearest frequency peer: blitzed (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “blistered”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “blistered” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for blistered
PropertyValue
Headwordblistered
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,319
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “blistered” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).blisteredfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “blitzed” (#61,320), “blam” (#61,317), “bluewater” (#61,321). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “blistered” is #61,319. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blistered is uncommon English at frequency #61,319 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having one or more blisters".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for blistered, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is blistered, spelled B-L-I-S-T-E-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having one or more blisters

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A large percentage of all Late Horizon fragments at this site was overfired, to the point where many were vitrified, black to dark brown, and misshapen, some with blistered surfaces.

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 "blistered"?
"blistered" is spelled B-L-I-S-T-E-R-E-D.
What does "blistered" mean?
As an adjective, "blistered" means: Having one or more blisters
What language does "blistered" come from?
"blistered" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list