# blond

> English word · Adjective · IPA /blɒnd/ · frequency rank #13,866

## Definitions
1. Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
2. Having blond hair.
3. Alternative spelling of blonde (“stupid”).

## Etymology
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”). More at blend.
Alternative etymology connects Frankish *blund to Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“blond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ndʰ-, *bʰlendʰ- (“blond, red-haired”). If so, then it would be cognate with Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhná, “ruddy, pale red, yellowish”).

## Easily confused with
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bon)
- **bod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bod)
- **blow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-blow)
- **bond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bond)
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bone)
- **bold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bold)
- **Boyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-boyd)
- **bong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bong)
- **boon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-boon)
- **bona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bona)
- **bony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bony)
- **Bonn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bonn)
- **blot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-blot)
- **bund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bund)
- **blood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-blood)
- **brand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-brand)
- **broad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-broad)
- **bound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bound)
- **bonds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-bonds)
- **blown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-blown)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bblond`, `bllond`, `blnod`, `blodn`, `blondd`, `blonnd`, `bolnd`, `lbond`

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