blairer

\ble.ʁe\

/\ble.ʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“blairer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,188. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,188
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentir, sous-entendu sentir mauvais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blairer · blairer · French

blairer · rank #42,188 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,188
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH BJ

Nearest frequency peer: BJ (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « blairer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « blairer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

blairer vs Blier
57% similar
blairer vs blaise
71% similar
blairer vs blâmer
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for blairer
PropertyValue
Headwordblairer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ble.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,188
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blairer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).blairerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « BJ » (#42,187), « blogosphère » (#42,190), « bicêtre » (#42,185). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blairer » est au #42,188. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around blairer (IPA \ble.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,188 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for blairer, with forms such as "balirer", "bblairer", and "blaierr". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Blier", "blaise", "blâmer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is blairer, spelled B-L-A-I-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentir, sous-entendu sentir mauvais.
  2. 2
    Supporter, apprécier. Note d’usage : Principalement utilisé dans une phrase négative.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how blairer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le jeune homme eut beau, comprenant trop tard son erreur, dire qu'il ne blairait pas les flics et pousser l'audace jusqu'à dire au baron : « Fous-moi un rancart » (un rendez-vous), le charme était dissipé.
  2. […] la maîtresse, la Sylvestre, qui ne me blairait pas, toujours à me reprendre et se moquer de mes manières, elle ressemblait à sainte Thérèse de Lisieux, avec ses tifs ramenés par une barrette derrière la tête et dégoulinant dans le dos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • balirer
  • bblairer
  • blaierr
  • blairerr
  • blairre
  • blairrer
  • blarier
  • bliarer
  • bllairer
  • lbairer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blairer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

balirer2bblairer1blaierr2blairerr1blairre2blairrer1blarier2bliarer2
Edit distance from "blairer"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blairer"?
"blairer" is spelled B-L-A-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ble.ʁe\.
What does "blairer" mean?
As a verb, "blairer" means: Sentir, sous-entendu sentir mauvais.
What words are commonly confused with "blairer"?
"blairer" is commonly confused with "Blier", "blaise", "blâmer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blairer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blairer" is \ble.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blairer" come from?
"blairer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blairer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list