blurred
/blɝd/adjective, verb
blurred is spelled B-L-U-R-R-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, blurred means “Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in blurred?
| Letters | 7: B-L-U-R-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blurred?
Blurred appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blurred?
- UK /blɜːd/
- US /blɝd/
Blurred has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-blurred.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with blurred
Sounds like: blerd (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with blurred?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blurred from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blurred
- more blurred comparative
- most blurred superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blurred mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.
blurred image
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of blur
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blurred in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Out of focus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | flou |
| German | unscharf |
| Portuguese | desfocado |
| Spanish | desdibujado, movido, difuminado, esfuminado, difumado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does blurred come from?
From blur + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).