blowpipe
/ˈbloʊˌpaɪp/
"blowpipe" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blowpipe” is uncommon English (frequency #95,750 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,750
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blowpipe · blowpipe · English
blowpipe · rank #95,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,750
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH blobby
Nearest frequency peer: blobby (-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 “blowpipe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bink
bink
4,257 corpus weight
- Blatchford
Blatchford
4,255 corpus weight
- blobby
blobby
4,252 corpus weight
- blowpipe
blowpipe
4,251 corpus weight
- bodyline
bodyline
4,248 corpus weight
- Bonanno
Bonanno
4,246 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “blowpipe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blowpipe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbloʊˌpaɪp/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blowpipe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blowpipe is uncommon English at frequency #95,750 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbloʊˌpaɪp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
blowpipe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From blow + pipe. The correct English form is blowpipe, spelled B-L-O-W-P-I-P-E.
Definition
- 1A narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture.
- 2A weapon through which darts may be shot by blowing; a blowgun.
- 3A long narrow pipe, rotated in the hands, upon which glassware is blown.
Etymology
From blow + pipe.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).