blooper
/ˈbluː.pə/
"blooper" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blooper” is an uncommon English word, ranked #57,901 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,901
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A blunder, an error.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blooper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbluː.pə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blooper” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for blooper is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbluː.pə/. Corpus data places it at rank #57,901 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
blooper has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bloop + -er, of US origin. The correct English form is blooper, spelled B-L-O-O-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A blunder, an error.
- 2A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders.
- 3A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident or mistake.
- 4A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged ship; a spanker.
- 5A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly).
- 6The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report).
Etymology
From bloop + -er, of US origin.
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 “blooper”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-L-O-O-P-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbluː.pə/ (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.