blow away
"blow-away" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blow away” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, away.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blow-away · blow away · English
blow away · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blow away |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blow away” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
blow away is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for blow away, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is blow away, spelled B-L-O-W- -A-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, away.
- 2To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind.
- 3To disperse or to depart on currents of air.
- 4To leave, depart.
- 5To kill (someone) by shooting them with a firearm.
- 6To utterly destroy, especially with overwhelming force.
- 7To flabbergast; to impress greatly.
- 8To overwhelm.
- 9To cause to go away; to get rid of.
- 10To delete (data, files, etc.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blow away appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He blew away the dust which had collected on the book.
Perhaps as startling as the sheer toll was the devastation to some of the state’s well-known locales. Boardwalks along the beach in Seaside Heights, Belmar and other towns on the Jersey Shore were blown away. Amusement parks, arcades and restaurants all but vanished. Bridges to barrier islands buckled, preventing residents from even inspecting the damage…
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.
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