blind

\blajnd\

/\blajnd\/ noun

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The verdict

“blind” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,494
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mise obligatoire par les deux premiers joueurs, qui doivent miser avant de voir leurs cartes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blind · blind · French

blind · rank #24,494 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,494
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Birmingham

Nearest frequency peer: Birmingham (-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 « blind »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « blind » 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).

blind vs bond
60% similar
blind vs brin
60% similar
blind vs Bund
40% similar

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

Key facts for blind
PropertyValue
Headwordblind
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blajnd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,494
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blind »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.blindse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Birmingham » (#24,493), « Bloch » (#24,495), « Bilbao » (#24,492). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blind » est au #24,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around blind (IPA \blajnd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,494 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for blind, with forms such as "bblind", "bilnd", and "blidn". 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, "bond", "brin", "Bund", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is blind, spelled B-L-I-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mise obligatoire par les deux premiers joueurs, qui doivent miser avant de voir leurs cartes.
  2. 2
    Au jeu de yass, ensemble de cartes distribuées à un joueur fictif, ces cartes peuvent être échangées avec ses propres cartes par un autre joueur sans qu'il ait le droit de les regarder auparavant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La grosse blind, la petite blind.

This word in other languages

blind(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblind
  • bilnd
  • blidn
  • blindd
  • blinnd
  • bllind
  • blnid
  • lbind

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bblind1bilnd2blidn2blindd1blinnd1bllind1blnid2lbind2
Edit distance from "blind"

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 "blind"?
"blind" is spelled B-L-I-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \blajnd\.
What does "blind" mean?
As a noun, "blind" means: Mise obligatoire par les deux premiers joueurs, qui doivent miser avant de voir leurs cartes.
What words are commonly confused with "blind"?
"blind" is commonly confused with "bond", "brin", "Bund". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blind"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blind" is \blajnd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blind" come from?
"blind" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Bloch#24,495Bronx#24,501agora#24,464Abdul#24,459

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Bilbao8 variantsbianca8 variantsbougez8 variantsaminés8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list