BLT
/ˌbiː.ɛlˈtiː/
"blt" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“BLT” is uncommon English (frequency #51,570 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,570
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of bacon, lettuce and tomato: a sandwich made with these main ingredients.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blt · BLT · English
BLT · rank #51,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,570
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Boaz
Nearest frequency peer: Boaz (+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 “BLT”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
48,435 corpus weight
- biochemist
biochemist
48,434 corpus weight
- BLT
BLT
48,431 corpus weight
- Boaz
Boaz
48,430 corpus weight
- bobbin
bobbin
48,429 corpus weight
- BOGO
BOGO
48,428 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “BLT” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | BLT |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌbiː.ɛlˈtiː/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “BLT” in English
Rare enough to double-check
BLT is uncommon English at frequency #51,570 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌbiː.ɛlˈtiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for BLT, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is BLT, spelled B-L-T.
Definition
- 1Initialism of bacon, lettuce and tomato: a sandwich made with these main ingredients.
- 2Initialism of ballistic lunar transfer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how BLT appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I wish I could make everyone a BLT. That would be the end of the golden arches, I'm sure of it. There are times when the BLT just tastes right, primal and true, the best thing you could ever eat.
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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