blunt

\blœnt\

/\blœnt\/ noun

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The verdict

“blunt” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,898
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cigare évidé ou feuille de tabac contenant la substance psychotrope (cannabis, marijuana) à inhaler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blunt · blunt · French

blunt · rank #34,898 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,898
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Blackburn

Nearest frequency peer: Blackburn (-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 « blunt »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « blunt » 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).

blunt vs but
60% similar
blunt vs bun
60% similar
blunt vs bout
60% similar

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

Key facts for blunt
PropertyValue
Headwordblunt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blœnt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,898
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blunt »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bluntse 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 « Blackburn » (#34,897), « blés » (#34,899), « bisons » (#34,896). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blunt » est au #34,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around blunt (IPA \blœnt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,898 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cigare évidé ou feuille de tabac contenant la substance psychotrope (cannabis, marijuana) à inhaler.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for blunt, with forms such as "bblunt", "bllunt", and "blnut". 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, "but", "bun", "bout", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is blunt, spelled B-L-U-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cigare évidé ou feuille de tabac contenant la substance psychotrope (cannabis, marijuana) à inhaler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les origines des blunts (qui signifie sans pointe) remontent aux Caraïbes du XIXᵉ siècle, les habitants de Jamaïque et de Puerto Rico, ont commencé à fumer le cannabis enveloppé dans des feuilles de tabac.
  2. J’ai rempli un verre et jeté un regard vers eux. Éparses sur la toile cirée, des cartes d’alimentation. Elles étaient l’enjeu de leur partie. La porte s’est refermée lentement derrière moi. Le blunt crissait.

This word in other languages

blunt(English)Blunt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblunt
  • bllunt
  • blnut
  • blunnt
  • bluntt
  • blutn
  • bulnt
  • lbunt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bblunt1bllunt1blnut2blunnt1bluntt1blutn2bulnt2lbunt2
Edit distance from "blunt"

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 "blunt"?
"blunt" is spelled B-L-U-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \blœnt\.
What does "blunt" mean?
As a noun, "blunt" means: Cigare évidé ou feuille de tabac contenant la substance psychotrope (cannabis, marijuana) à inhaler.
What words are commonly confused with "blunt"?
"blunt" is commonly confused with "but", "bun", "bout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blunt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blunt" is \blœnt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blunt" come from?
"blunt" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

boucs#34,903beast#34,892Amman#34,856œdème#34,835

Similar misspelling depth

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

boeufs8 variantsboyaux8 variantschiotte8 variantsancrer8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list