blusher
/ˈblʌʃɚ/
"blusher" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blusher” is uncommon English (frequency #91,302 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,302
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who blushes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blusher · blusher · English
blusher · rank #91,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,302
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH blunting
Nearest frequency peer: blunting (-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 “blusher”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- blackguard
blackguard
8,705 corpus weight
- blunting
blunting
8,700 corpus weight
- blusher
blusher
8,699 corpus weight
- Boileau
Boileau
8,696 corpus weight
- bonhams
bonhams
8,694 corpus weight
- bookbinder
bookbinder
8,692 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “blusher” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blusher |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈblʌʃɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blusher” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blusher is uncommon English at frequency #91,302 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈblʌʃɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
blusher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From blush + -er. The correct English form is blusher, spelled B-L-U-S-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who blushes.
- 2Face makeup that makes the cheeks rosier.
- 3Any of several closely related, edible species of the genus Amanita, including Amanita rubescens and Amanita novinupta.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how blusher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beside him Lady Partridge, her head tilted up, her face a mask of blusher and brown powder, like someone just back from a skiing holiday, was also clearly elsewhere.
Etymology
From blush + -er.
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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