blindvsbringTell them apart

Quick tell: blind is a adjective, bring is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“blind” is an adjective and “bring” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,531
“blind” frequency rank
#45,169
“bring” frequency rank
83700
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blind bring
Definition Ciego. Traer.

Where the eye mixes blind and bring

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
blind
5 ch
bring

Look-alike desk: blind vs bring

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: blind is [blɪnt] while bring is /bɹɪŋ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blind is recorded at frequency rank #38,531, classified as anadj, pronounced [blɪnt]. bring is at rank #45,169, tagged as averb, pronounced /bɹɪŋ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 83700, this pair ranks #7,834 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of blind vs bring

Shared letters: bin. Private to "blind": dl. Private to "bring": gr.

"blind" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "bring" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • blindbblind · bilnd · blidn · blindd · blinnd · bllind · blnid · lbind
  • bringbbring · birng · brign · bringg · brinng · brnig · brring · rbing

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "blind" for "bring" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blind" is an adjective and "bring" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "blind" or "bring" show up more?
"blind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,531 in our Spanish list, against #45,169 for "bring". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "blind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bring" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,834 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blind" and "bring" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brie vs bring". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #7,834 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list