blister
\bli.stɛʁ\
The verdict
“blister” is uncommon French (frequency #81,810 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,810
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Emballage composé d'une cartonnette ou d'une feuille de plastique, souvent imprimé, associé à une coque plastique transparente. Cet emballage inviolable permet la présentation de produits pour la v...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blister |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bli.stɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blister” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
blister is uncommon French at frequency #81,810 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bli.stɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for blister, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is blister, spelled B-L-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Emballage composé d'une cartonnette ou d'une feuille de plastique, souvent imprimé, associé à une coque plastique transparente. Cet emballage inviolable permet la présentation de produits pour la vente unitaire. Il est réservé aux articles de petites et moyennes dimensions vendus en libre-service et supermarchés.
- 2Alliage impur de cuivre issu d'un convertisseur. Riche en gaz, il se solidifie en un métal poreux, d'où son nom.
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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.
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Using “blister”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-L-I-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bli.stɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.