blockhead
"blockhead" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blockhead” is uncommon English (frequency #73,001 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,001
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A stupid person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blockhead · blockhead · English
blockhead · rank #73,001 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,001
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bleary
Nearest frequency peer: bleary (-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 “blockhead”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Bishopsgate
Bishopsgate
27,003 corpus weight
- Bisset
Bisset
27,002 corpus weight
- bleary
bleary
27,001 corpus weight
- blockhead
blockhead
27,000 corpus weight
- blowup
blowup
26,998 corpus weight
- bluer
bluer
26,997 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “blockhead” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blockhead |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blockhead” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blockhead is uncommon English at frequency #73,001 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for blockhead in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: 1532, block (noun) + -head. The correct English form is blockhead, spelled B-L-O-C-K-H-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1A stupid person.
- 2Short for human blockhead
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blockhead appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[S]o I think, blockheads, ſaid Manfred; what is it has ſcared you thus?
[…]like a conceited mechanic in a village ale-house, you would set down every one who differs from you as an ignorant blockhead[…]
Etymology
1532, block (noun) + -head.
This word in other languages
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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