# bloodhound

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈblʌd.haʊnd/ · frequency rank #41,532

## Definitions
1. A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.
2. A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues.
3. A bloodthirsty person.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blodhound, blodhond; equivalent to blood + hound. Cognate with Dutch bloedhond (“bloodhound”), Middle Low German blōthunt (“bloodhound”), German Bluthund (“bloodhound”), Danish blodhund (“bloodhound”), Swedish blodhund (“bloodhound”). The detective sense follows from the dog's ability to follow a trail.

## Common misspellings (15)
`bbloodhound`, `blloodhound`, `blodhound`, `blodohound`, `blooddhound`, `bloodhhound`, `bloodhonud`, `bloodhoudn`, `bloodhoundd`, `bloodhounnd`, `bloodhuond`, `bloodohund`, `bloohdound`, `bolodhound`, `lboodhound`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bloodhound