blowtorch
/ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ/
"blowtorch" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blowtorch” is uncommon English (frequency #59,234 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,234
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blowtorch · blowtorch · English
blowtorch · rank #59,234 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,234
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bloodletting
Nearest frequency peer: bloodletting (-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 “blowtorch”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- biogenesis
biogenesis
40,771 corpus weight
- Birnbaum
Birnbaum
40,770 corpus weight
- bleating
bleating
40,769 corpus weight
- bloodletting
bloodletting
40,768 corpus weight
- blowtorch
blowtorch
40,767 corpus weight
- BME
BME
40,766 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “blowtorch” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blowtorch |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blowtorch” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blowtorch is uncommon English at frequency #59,234 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for blowtorch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From blow + torch. The correct English form is blowtorch, spelled B-L-O-W-T-O-R-C-H.
Definition
- 1A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
- 2A jet fighter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how blowtorch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When the firecan jockeys have flown their blowtorches some 100,000 miles, the doctors take over for the ground physical.
Etymology
From blow + torch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).