blood relationship
/ˈblʌd ɹɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp/
"blood-relationship" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blood relationship” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being related by “blood”, i.e. genetically.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blood relationship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈblʌd ɹɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp/ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blood relationship” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
blood relationship is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈblʌd ɹɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being related by “blood”, i.e. genetically.".
Zero misspellings are on record for blood relationship in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From blood relation + -ship or blood + relationship. The correct English form is blood relationship, spelled B-L-O-O-D- -R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The state of being related by “blood”, i.e. genetically.
Etymology
From blood relation + -ship or blood + relationship.
This word in other languages
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 relationship”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-L-O-O-D- -R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-H-I-P - 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.