blowout
/ˈbloʊaʊt/
"blowout" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blowout” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,303. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,303
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blowout · blowout · English
blowout · rank #22,303 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,303
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH blocker
Nearest frequency peer: blocker (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “blowout”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- blatantly
blatantly
77,701 corpus weight
- blinding
blinding
77,700 corpus weight
- blocker
blocker
77,699 corpus weight
- blowout
blowout
77,698 corpus weight
- booted
booted
77,697 corpus weight
- brisk
brisk
77,696 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “blowout” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blowout |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbloʊaʊt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,303 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blowout” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around blowout (IPA /ˈbloʊaʊt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,303 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 17 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for blowout, with forms such as "bblowout", "bllowout", and "bloowut". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from blow out. The correct English form is blowout, spelled B-L-O-W-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
- 2A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
- 3A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.
- 4A large or extravagant meal.
- 5A contest that is decidedly one-sided; an overwhelming victory.
- 6An argument; an altercation.
- 7A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
- 8An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
- 9An act of defecation in which an incontinent person, usually an infant or toddler, produces a large amount of excrement that causes their diaper to overflow and leak.
- 10The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
- 11An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
- 12An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.
- 13The blurring of a tattoo due to ink penetrating too far into the skin and dispersing.
- 14The damage done to the exit side of a drilled hole or sawn edge when no sacrificial backerboard is used during the drilling or sawing: the drill bit's or sawblade's exit on the far side causes chips of wood to be broken from the edge.
- 15a party (such as a birthday party)
- 16Synonym of taper fade.
- 17Synonym of blowout sale.
Etymology
Deverbal from blow out.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bblowout
- bllowout
- bloowut
- blowotu
- blowoutt
- blowuot
- blowwout
- blwoout
- bolwout
- lbowout
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blowout - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blowout", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.