Which to use
“blade” and “blast” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,937
- “blade” frequency rank
- #44,899
- “blast” frequency rank
- 65836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blade | blast |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de oblade (poisson). | Synonyme de « effet de souffle ». |
Where the eye mixes blade and blast
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: blade vs blast
A purely visual mix-up. blade (\blad\) and blast (\blast\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blade is recorded at frequency rank #20,937, classified as anoun, pronounced \blad\. blast is at rank #44,899, tagged as anoun, pronounced \blast\.
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 65836, this pair ranks #70,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of blade vs blast
Shared letters: abl. Private to "blade": de. Private to "blast": st.
"blade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "blast" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "blade" and "blast" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "blade" vs "blast" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "blade" and "blast" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "blade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blast" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blade" and "blast" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blast vs blaster". 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 #70,561 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.