blond
/blɑnd/adjective, noun, verb
blond is spelled B-L-O-N-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “blond vs blonde” about 18,100 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, blond means “Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in blond?
| Letters | 5: B-L-O-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blond?
Blond appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blond?
- UK /blɒnd/
- US /blɑnd/
Blond has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-blond.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with blond
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: blonde.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with blond?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blond from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blond
- blonder comparative
- more blond comparative
- blondest superlative
- most blond superlative
- blonde
- blonds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blonding participle, present
- blonded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blond mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
blond hair
- 2
Particularly of a person, having blond hair.
- 3
Alternative spelling of blonde (“stupid”).
noun
- 1
A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.
- 2
A person with this hair color.
- 3
A beer of a pale golden color.
verb
- 1
To color or dye blond.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blond in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | blond , blonde |
| German | blond, hell , blondhaarig, flachshaarig, hellhäutig , Blond |
| Portuguese | loiro, louro , loira, loura |
| Spanish | rubio, macho, blondo, royo , canche, catire |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does blond come from?
Borrowed from Middle French blond m, from Old French blond, blont, blund, (> Medieval Latin blondus), from Frankish *blund (“a mixed color between golden and light-brown”), from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“mixed, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to become turbid, see badly, go blind”). Compare Old English blondenfeax (“grey-haired”), Old English blandan (“to mix”). See more at blend. An alternative etymology connects Frankish *blund to Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“blond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ndʰ-, *bʰlendʰ- (“blond, red-haired”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).