blaze

\blaz\

/\blaz\/ noun

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The verdict

“blaze” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,304
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déchet, résidu du dévidage de la soie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blaze · blaze · French

blaze · rank #32,304 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,304
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Biblio

Nearest frequency peer: Biblio (-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 « blaze »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « blaze » 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).

blaze vs blé
40% similar
blaze vs blue
60% similar
blaze vs bleue
60% similar

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

Key facts for blaze
PropertyValue
Headwordblaze
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blaz\
Letters5
Frequency rank#32,304
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blaze »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).blazese 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 « Biblio » (#32,303), « bleuets » (#32,305), « Bettencourt » (#32,302). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blaze » est au #32,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around blaze (IPA \blaz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,304 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Déchet, résidu du dévidage de la soie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for blaze, with forms such as "balze", "bblaze", and "blaez". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "blé", "blue", "bleue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is blaze, spelled B-L-A-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déchet, résidu du dévidage de la soie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ces déchets proviennent : […] nᵒ 3 De la blaze, gros fil lâche formant le nid sur lequel le ver file son cocon. Généralement cette blaze reste fixée aux branches sur lesquelles les vers ont fait leurs cocons.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • balze
  • bblaze
  • blaez
  • blazze
  • bllaze
  • blzae
  • lbaze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

balze2bblaze1blaez2blazze1bllaze1blzae2lbaze2
Edit distance from "blaze"

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 "blaze"?
"blaze" is spelled B-L-A-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is \blaz\.
What does "blaze" mean?
As a noun, "blaze" means: Déchet, résidu du dévidage de la soie.
What words are commonly confused with "blaze"?
"blaze" is commonly confused with "blé", "blue", "bleue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blaze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blaze" is \blaz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blaze" come from?
"blaze" 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 "blaze", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

bears#32,298bouse#32,312Brody#32,319cales#32,327

Similar misspelling depth

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

bougre7 variantscalque7 variantsalexia7 variantscrique7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list