Blake

\blek\

/\blek\/ name

The verdict

“Blake” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,457. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,457
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille anglais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blake · Blake · French

Blake · rank #10,457 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,457
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bof

Nearest frequency peer: bof (+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 « Blake »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Blake » 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).

Blake vs blé
20% similar
Blake vs blue
40% similar
Blake vs blas
40% similar

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

Key facts for Blake
PropertyValue
HeadwordBlake
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\blek\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,457
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Blake »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Blakese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bof » (#10,458), « barreau » (#10,455), « book » (#10,459). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Blake » est au #10,457. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Blake (IPA \blek\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,457 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Blake, with forms such as "balke", "bblake", and "blaek". 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, "blé", "blue", "blas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Blake, spelled B-L-A-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille anglais.
  2. 2
    Nom de famille d’origine irlandaise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • balke
  • bblake
  • blaek
  • blakke
  • blkae
  • bllake
  • lbake

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

balke2bblake1blaek2blakke1blkae2bllake1lbake2
Edit distance from "Blake"

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 "Blake"?
"Blake" is spelled B-L-A-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is \blek\.
What does "Blake" mean?
As a proper noun, "Blake" means: Nom de famille anglais.
What words are commonly confused with "Blake"?
"Blake" is commonly confused with "blé", "blue", "blas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Blake"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Blake" is \blek\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Blake" come from?
"Blake" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list