blotch
/blɒtʃ/
"blotch" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blotch” is an uncommon English word, ranked #68,050 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,050
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blotch |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /blɒtʃ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blotch” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for blotch is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /blɒtʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #68,050 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for blotch in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of blot + botch. The correct English form is blotch, spelled B-L-O-T-C-H.
Definition
- 1An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
- 2An irregularly shaped area.
- 3Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.
- 4Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.
- 5A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.
- 6A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.
- 7Blotting paper.
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of blot + botch.
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 “blotch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-L-O-T-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /blɒtʃ/ (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.