blood feud
"blood-feud" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blood feud” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A protracted and bitter violent feud between clans, families, factions, etc.; a vendetta.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blood-feud · blood feud · English
blood feud · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blood feud |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blood feud” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blood feud is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how blood feud appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"I should have remembered that these people have long memories for blood-feuds, and have been more upon my guard."
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.