blass
\blas\
The verdict
“blass” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pâle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-blass · blass · French
blass · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blass |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \blas\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « blass » en français
Rare enough to double-check
blass is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \blas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pâle.".
Zero misspellings are on record for blass in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 blass, spelled B-L-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Pâle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how blass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kaffee galt (...) lange als gesundheitsschädlich, wie ein bis heute populärer Kanon aus dem 19. Jahrhundert nahelegt, in dem vor den furchtbaren Folgen des Konsums gewarnt wird. Das beliebte Aufputschmittel „schwächt die Nerven, macht dich blass und krank“, heißt es in dem Lied.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.