blaise

\blɛz\

/\blɛz\/ noun

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The verdict

“blaise” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,280. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,280
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soie qui entoure le cocon et que l'on enlève avant de dévider ce dernier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blaise · blaise · French

blaise · rank #10,280 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,280
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bienvenu

Nearest frequency peer: bienvenu (-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 « blaise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « blaise » 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).

blaise vs blas
67% similar
blaise vs Brise
50% similar
blaise vs Blake
50% similar

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

Key facts for blaise
PropertyValue
Headwordblaise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blɛz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,280
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blaise »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).blaisese 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 « bienvenu » (#10,279), « bougies » (#10,281), « Bayrou » (#10,278). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blaise » est au #10,280. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around blaise (IPA \blɛz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,280 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Soie qui entoure le cocon et que l'on enlève avant de dévider ce dernier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for blaise, with forms such as "bblaise", "blaies", and "blaisse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "blas", "Brise", "Blake", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is blaise, spelled B-L-A-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soie qui entoure le cocon et que l'on enlève avant de dévider ce dernier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Machine pour ôter, à sec, la blaise des cocons, ce que, jusqu'à présent, on a fait à la main ou avec le balai dans la bassine à battre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblaise
  • blaies
  • blaisse
  • blasie
  • bliase
  • bllaise
  • lbaise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blaise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bblaise1blaies2blaisse1blasie2bliase2bllaise1lbaise2
Edit distance from "blaise"

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 "blaise"?
"blaise" is spelled B-L-A-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \blɛz\.
What does "blaise" mean?
As a noun, "blaise" means: Soie qui entoure le cocon et que l'on enlève avant de dévider ce dernier.
What words are commonly confused with "blaise"?
"blaise" is commonly confused with "blas", "Brise", "Blake". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blaise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blaise" is \blɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blaise" come from?
"blaise" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bayrou#10,278bâtard#10,284amélie#10,271allées#10,270

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

talon7 variantssonge7 variantsflemme7 variantsrelier7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list