blijken

\blɛj.kə:\

/\blɛj.kə:\/ verb

The verdict

“blijken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se révéler, apparaître clairement, se trouver, s’avérer, être clair.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blijken · blijken · French

blijken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • 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.

Key facts for blijken
PropertyValue
Headwordblijken
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\blɛj.kə:\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « blijken » en français

blijkenn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blijken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \blɛj.kə:\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se révéler, apparaître clairement, se trouver, s’avérer, être clair.".

blijken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 blijken, spelled B-L-I-J-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se révéler, apparaître clairement, se trouver, s’avérer, être clair.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. het blijkt : il ressort, il apparaît, il résulte
  2. uit het rapport blijkt dat : il résulte du rapport que

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blijken"?
"blijken" is spelled B-L-I-J-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \blɛj.kə:\.
What does "blijken" mean?
As a verb, "blijken" means: Se révéler, apparaître clairement, se trouver, s’avérer, être clair.
How do you pronounce "blijken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blijken" is \blɛj.kə:\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blijken" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list