BildvsblindWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“Bild” and “blind” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,199
“Bild” frequency rank
#24,494
“blind” frequency rank
61693
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bild blind
Definition Image. Mise obligatoire par les deux premiers joueurs, qui doivent miser avant de voir leurs cartes.

Where the eye mixes Bild and blind

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Bild
5 ch
blind

Visual trap between Bild and blind

A purely visual mix-up. Bild (\bɪlt\) and blind (\blajnd\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bild is recorded at frequency rank #37,199, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɪlt\. blind is at rank #24,494, tagged as anoun, pronounced \blajnd\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 61693, this pair ranks #90,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Bild vs blind

Shared letters: bdil. Private to "Bild": -. Private to "blind": n.

"Bild" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "blind" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bildbbild · bidl · bildd · billd · blid · ibld
  • blindbblind · bilnd · blidn · blindd · blinnd · bllind · blnid · lbind

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Bild" and "blind" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\bɪlt\ versus \blajnd\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Bild" vs "blind" - which ranks higher?
"blind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,494 in our French list, against #37,199 for "Bild". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Bild" and "blind" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "blind" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #90,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bild" and "blind" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bild vs bold". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #90,953 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list