blonde
/blɑnd/noun, adjective, verb
blonde is spelled B-L-O-N-D-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “blond vs blonde” about 18,100 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, blonde means “Alternative form of blond (“person with fair hair”). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entry blond.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blonde is blondes.
How many letters and syllables are in blonde?
| Letters | 6: B-L-O-N-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,674th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 blonde?
Blonde appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th 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 blonde?
- UK /blɒnd/
- US /blɑnd/
Blonde has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-blonde.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with blonde
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: blond.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with blonde?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blonde from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bolden.
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 blonde
- blondes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blonder comparative
- more blonde comparative
- blondest superlative
- most blonde superlative
- 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 blonde mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of blond (“person with fair hair”). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entry blond.)
- 2
Alternative form of blond (“color”)
- 3
Alternative form of blond (“type of beer”)
- 4
(film, television, theater) A kind of 2,000-watt lamp.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of blond.
- 2
offensiveStupid, ignorant, naive.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of blond.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does blonde come from?
From Middle French blonde f. See blond.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).