blonde

\blɔ̃d\

/\blɔ̃d\/ noun

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The verdict

“blonde” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,646. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,646
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme, ou poupée, dont la chevelure est de couleur blonde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blonde · blonde · French

blonde · rank #4,646 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,646
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH barbe

Nearest frequency peer: barbe (-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 « blonde »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « blonde » 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).

blonde vs bond
67% similar
blonde vs bone
67% similar
blonde vs bonne
67% similar

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

Key facts for blonde
PropertyValue
Headwordblonde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blɔ̃d\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,646
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blonde »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « barbe » (#4,645), « boule » (#4,648), « arrivera » (#4,643). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blonde » est au #4,646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around blonde (IPA \blɔ̃d\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,646 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for blonde, with forms such as "bblonde", "bllonde", and "blnode". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bond", "bone", "bonne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is blonde, spelled B-L-O-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme, ou poupée, dont la chevelure est de couleur blonde.
  2. 2
    Bière dont la filtration après fermentation lui donne une couleur limpide, blonde.
  3. 3
    Cigarette de tabac blond. → voir trafic des blondes
  4. 4
    ou Petite amie, amoureuse, femme dans un couple non marié (hétérosexuel ou homosexuel).
  5. 5
    Dentelle de soie écrue faite aux fuseaux.
  6. 6
    Femme superficielle, naïve et idiote.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une blonde qui possédait des nichons et une nuque inoubliables a cru bon de venir rompre le silence de l’écran par une chanson où il était question de sa solitude.
  2. La grande blonde attendait simplement la fin du mois pour s’acheter du rouge baiser.

This word in other languages

blonde(English)rubia(Español)Blonde(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblonde
  • bllonde
  • blnode
  • blodne
  • blondde
  • bloned
  • blonnde
  • bolnde
  • lbonde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blonde - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bblonde1bllonde1blnode2blodne2blondde1bloned2blonnde1bolnde2
Edit distance from "blonde"

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 "blonde"?
"blonde" is spelled B-L-O-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \blɔ̃d\.
What does "blonde" mean?
As a noun, "blonde" means: Femme, ou poupée, dont la chevelure est de couleur blonde.
What words are commonly confused with "blonde"?
"blonde" is commonly confused with "bond", "bone", "bonne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blonde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blonde" is \blɔ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blonde" come from?
"blonde" 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 "blonde", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

calmer#4,649aimait#4,640conclu#4,655Xavier#4,635

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

arrivera9 variantssoudain9 variantsguitare9 variantsromans9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list