blank
\blɑ̃k\
The verdict
“blank” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #44,898 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,898
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie principale d’une canne à lancer, faite d’un ou plusieurs brins en bambou, fibre de verre ou de carbone...
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 | blank |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \blɑ̃k\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #44,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blank” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for blank is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \blɑ̃k\. Corpus data places it at rank #44,898 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partie principale d’une canne à lancer, faite d’un ou plusieurs brins en bambou, fibre de verre ou de carbone...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for blank, with forms such as "balnk", "bblank", and "blakn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bran", "blas", "blond", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is blank, spelled B-L-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1Partie principale d’une canne à lancer, faite d’un ou plusieurs brins en bambou, fibre de verre ou de carbone...
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: balnk,bblank,blakn,blankk,blannk,bllank,blnak,lbank
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blank - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “blank”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-L-A-N-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \blɑ̃k\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bran” - see the side-by-side comparison. blank vs bran
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.