# blog

> English word · Noun · IPA /blɒɡ/ · frequency rank #1,890

## Definitions
1. A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)
2. An individual post to a blog.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old English weorold
Middle English world
English world
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
Old English wīd
English wide
English -wide
English worldwide
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *webaną
Proto-Germanic *wabją
Old English webb
Middle English web
English web
English World Wide Web
English Web
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti
Proto-Germanic *ligjaną
Old Norse liggjader.?
Middle English logge
English log
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bōks
Proto-West Germanic *bōk
Old English bōc
Middle English bok
English book
English logbook
English log
English weblog
English blog
Rebracketing of weblog. The Oxford English Dictionary says the shortened word was coined 23 May 1999 and references the "Jargon Watch" article in an issue of an online magazine which attributes the shortening to Peter Merholz. The form blog is now so much more common than weblog that some misspell the latter as webblog, as if from web + blog.

## Easily confused with
- **bo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bo)
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-boy)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-box)
- **bob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bob)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bro)
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bow)
- **bug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bug)
- **boo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-boo)
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bot)
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bon)
- **Boi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-boi)
- **bop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bop)
- **bog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bog)
- **BOM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bom)
- **boa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-boa)
- **bod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bod)
- **bor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bor)
- **bok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bok)
- **bol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-bol)
- **Boe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-boe)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bblog`, `blgo`, `bllog`, `blogg`, `bolg`, `lbog`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blog