Which to use
“blank” and “blind” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,898
- “blank” frequency rank
- #24,494
- “blind” frequency rank
- 69392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blank | blind |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie principale d’une canne à lancer, faite d’un ou plusieurs brins en bambou, fibre de verre ou de carbone... | Mise obligatoire par les deux premiers joueurs, qui doivent miser avant de voir leurs cartes. |
Where the eye mixes blank and blind
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: blank vs blind
A purely visual mix-up. blank (\blɑ̃k\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blank is recorded at frequency rank #44,898, classified as anoun, pronounced \blɑ̃k\. 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 69392, this pair ranks #55,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of blank vs blind
Shared letters: bln. Private to "blank": ak. Private to "blind": di.
"blank" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "blind" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "blank" and "blind" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "blank" or "blind" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "blank" 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 #55,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blank" and "blind" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bane vs blank". 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 #55,298 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.