blood feud
"blood-feud" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blood feud” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A protracted and bitter violent feud between clans, families, factions, etc.; a vendetta.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blood feud |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blood feud” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for blood feud is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A protracted and bitter violent feud between clans, families, factions, etc.; a vendetta.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for blood feud, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is blood feud, spelled B-L-O-O-D- -F-E-U-D.
Definition
- 1A protracted and bitter violent feud between clans, families, factions, etc.; a vendetta.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “blood feud”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-L-O-O-D- -F-E-U-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.