# blueprint

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/ · frequency rank #15,351

## Definitions
1. A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
2. A print produced with this process.
3. A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
4. Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.

## Etymology
From blue + print. Introduced by Sir John Herschel in 1842.

## Common misspellings (14)
`bblueprint`, `bleuprint`, `bllueprint`, `bluepirnt`, `bluepprint`, `blueprinnt`, `blueprintt`, `bluepritn`, `blueprnit`, `blueprrint`, `bluerpint`, `bluperint`, `buleprint`, `lbueprint`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blueprint