blando
[ˈblãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“blando” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,531. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,531
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de un material o cosa, que puede ser deformado o rayado con facilidad.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈblãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blando” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around blando (IPA [ˈblãn̪d̪o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,531 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for blando, with forms such as "balndo", "bblando", and "bladno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "brand", "bledo", "blind", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is blando, spelled B-L-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un material o cosa, que puede ser deformado o rayado con facilidad.
- 2Por extensión, flexible.
- 3Dicho de una persona, que se deja llevar por la compasión.
- 4Dicho de una persona, carente de firmeza o constancia en el carácter.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- balndo
- bblando
- bladno
- blanddo
- blanndo
- blanod
- bllando
- blnado
- lbando
- vlando
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blando - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “blando”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-L-A-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈblãn̪d̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “brand” - see the side-by-side comparison. blando vs brand
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.