blank
\blɑ̃k\
The verdict
“blank” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,898
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie principale d’une canne à lancer, faite d’un ou plusieurs brins en bambou, fibre de verre ou de carbone...
Corpus desk
Index FR-blank · blank · French
blank · rank #44,898 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,898
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH blanchit
Nearest frequency peer: blanchit (-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 « blank »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bisson
bisson
55,106 corpus weight
- blanchit
blanchit
55,104 corpus weight
- blank
blank
55,103 corpus weight
- blast
blast
55,102 corpus weight
- blot
blot
55,101 corpus weight
- bluffant
bluffant
55,100 corpus weight
What this shows « blank » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blank »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around blank (IPA \blɑ̃k\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,898 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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...
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le blank représente uniquement le corps de la canne sans les pièces raccordées (la poignée, le porte moulinet, le talon, les anneaux).
Le modèle testé présente une action progressive, impression renforcée par le grand nombre d’anneaux, qui donne une belle courbure au blank lors des combats.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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 (8 here; floor ≥5).