blood type

/ˈblʌd taɪp/

//ˈblʌd taɪp// noun

"blood-type" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“blood type” 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) - Any classification of human blood by the presence or absence of various antigens in a person’s red blood cells.

Corpus desk

Index EN-blood-type · blood type · English

blood type · 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

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Key facts for blood type
PropertyValue
Headwordblood type
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈblʌd taɪp/
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “blood type” in English

blood typefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blood type is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈblʌd taɪp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

blood type has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is blood type, spelled B-L-O-O-D- -T-Y-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any classification of human blood by the presence or absence of various antigens in a person’s red blood cells.
  2. 2
    Any classification of human blood by the presence or absence of various antigens in a person’s red blood cells.

Synonyms

blood groupblood kind

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blood type"?
"blood type" is spelled B-L-O-O-D- -T-Y-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈblʌd taɪp/.
What does "blood type" mean?
As a noun, "blood type" means: Any classification of human blood by the presence or absence of various antigens in a person’s red blood cells.
How do you pronounce "blood type"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blood type" is /ˈblʌd taɪp/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blood type" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list