blowup
"blowup" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blowup” is uncommon English (frequency #73,003 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,003
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of blow-up.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blowup · blowup · English
blowup · rank #73,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,003
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH bluer
Nearest frequency peer: bluer (+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 “blowup”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bleary
bleary
27,001 corpus weight
- blockhead
blockhead
27,000 corpus weight
- blowup
blowup
26,998 corpus weight
- bluer
bluer
26,997 corpus weight
- Blyton
Blyton
26,996 corpus weight
- boatswain
boatswain
26,995 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “blowup” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blowup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blowup” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
blowup is uncommon English at frequency #73,003 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of blow-up.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for blowup, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from blow up. The correct English form is blowup, spelled B-L-O-W-U-P.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of blow-up.
Etymology
Deverbal from blow up.
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 "blowup", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.