Which to use
“blain” and “blind” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,141
- “blain” frequency rank
- #24,494
- “blind” frequency rank
- 64635
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blain | blind |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Loire-Inférieure) Bateau plat très allongé, avec voile à livarde, qui naviguait sur les tourbières et qui pouvait porter jusqu’à 15 000 mottes de tourbe. Les plus grands avaient deux mâts. | Mise obligatoire par les deux premiers joueurs, qui doivent miser avant de voir leurs cartes. |
Where the eye mixes blain and blind
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between blain and blind
A purely visual mix-up. blain (\blɛ̃\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blain is recorded at frequency rank #40,141, classified as anoun, pronounced \blɛ̃\. 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 64635, this pair ranks #76,087 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of blain vs blind
Shared letters: biln. Private to "blain": a. Private to "blind": d.
"blain" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "blind" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "blain" and "blind" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "blain" vs "blind" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "blain" and "blind" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "blain" 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 #76,087 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blain" and "blind" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "begin vs blain". 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 #76,087 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.