Which to use
“blank” and “bran” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,898
- “blank” frequency rank
- #34,907
- “bran” frequency rank
- 79805
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blank | bran |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie principale d’une canne à lancer, faite d’un ou plusieurs brins en bambou, fibre de verre ou de carbone... | Partie la plus grossière du son de céréale. |
Where the eye mixes blank and bran
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. blank runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against bran's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: blank vs bran
A purely visual mix-up. blank (\blɑ̃k\) and bran (\bʁɑ̃\) 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 79805, 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\. bran is at rank #34,907, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁɑ̃\.
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 79805, this pair ranks #22,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of blank vs bran
Shared letters: abn. Private to "blank": kl. Private to "bran": r.
"blank" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "bran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "blank" and "bran" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "blank" vs "bran" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "blank" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blank" and "bran" 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 #22,453 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.