blason

\bla.zɔ̃\

/\bla.zɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“blason” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,133
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des règles qui permettent l’élaboration et le blasonnement des armoiries.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blason · blason · French

blason · rank #18,133 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,133
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bey

Nearest frequency peer: bey (-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 « blason »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « blason » 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).

blason vs blast
67% similar
blason vs boson
67% similar
blason vs blouson
71% similar

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

Key facts for blason
PropertyValue
Headwordblason
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bla.zɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,133
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blason »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).blasonse 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 « bey » (#18,132), « blonds » (#18,134), « better » (#18,131). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blason » est au #18,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around blason (IPA \bla.zɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,133 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for blason, with forms such as "balson", "bblason", and "blaosn". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "blast", "boson", "blouson", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 blason, spelled B-L-A-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des règles qui permettent l’élaboration et le blasonnement des armoiries.
  2. 2
    Armoiries.
  3. 3
    Genre de poème à la mode au XVIe siècle, généralement versifié et à rimes plates, ayant généralement pour objet le corps féminin, ou une partie de celui-ci.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Entendre le blason.
  2. Savoir le blason.

This word in other languages

heraldry(English)heráldica(Español)Wappenschild(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • balson
  • bblason
  • blaosn
  • blasno
  • blasonn
  • blasson
  • bllason
  • blsaon
  • lbason

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

balson2bblason1blaosn2blasno2blasonn1blasson1bllason1blsaon2
Edit distance from "blason"

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 "blason"?
"blason" is spelled B-L-A-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bla.zɔ̃\.
What does "blason" mean?
As a noun, "blason" means: Ensemble des règles qui permettent l’élaboration et le blasonnement des armoiries.
What words are commonly confused with "blason"?
"blason" is commonly confused with "blast", "boson", "blouson". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blason"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blason" is \bla.zɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blason" come from?
"blason" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

blonds#18,134better#18,131bordée#18,136avoirs#18,127

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

chlore9 variantsArsène9 variantsardent9 variantsappuyés9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list