bloodstone
/ˈblʌdˌstoʊn/
"bloodstone" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bloodstone” is uncommon English (frequency #82,113 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,113
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A green chalcedony that is sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bloodstone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈblʌdˌstoʊn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #82,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bloodstone” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bloodstone is uncommon English at frequency #82,113 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈblʌdˌstoʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bloodstone in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From blood + stone, from the fact that the red inclusions in the stone resemble blood. The correct English form is bloodstone, spelled B-L-O-O-D-S-T-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1A green chalcedony that is sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite.
- 2Hematite.
Etymology
From blood + stone, from the fact that the red inclusions in the stone resemble blood.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bloodstone”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-L-O-O-D-S-T-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈblʌdˌstoʊn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.