blowhard
/ˈbləʊhɑːd/
"blowhard" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blowhard” is uncommon English (frequency #69,690 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,690
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blowhard · blowhard · English
blowhard · rank #69,690 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,690
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH blarney
Nearest frequency peer: blarney (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “blowhard”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bivouac
bivouac
30,314 corpus weight
- bix
bix
30,313 corpus weight
- blarney
blarney
30,312 corpus weight
- blowhard
blowhard
30,311 corpus weight
- bluntness
bluntness
30,310 corpus weight
- bocce
bocce
30,309 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “blowhard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blowhard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbləʊhɑːd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blowhard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blowhard is uncommon English at frequency #69,690 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbləʊhɑːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for blowhard, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb; from blow hard. The correct English form is blowhard, spelled B-L-O-W-H-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blowhard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The merchants are the most ultra Secessionists, one of the secret springs of action among this class being the heavy indebtedness owing to Eastern creditors. Some men of Northern origin were the most rabid. A "blow-hard," named JAMES PATTERSON, of Augusta, Jackson County, was originally from Pennsylvania. He stumped the county and was elected to the Conve…
[T]he loud-mouthed blowhard seemed just the man to flinch when real danger confronted him; […]
Etymology
Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb; from blow hard.
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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