Which to use
“blas” is a verb and “blé” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,276
- “blas” frequency rank
- #5,427
- “blé” frequency rank
- 41703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blas | blé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de blasen. | Terme générique qui désigne plusieurs céréales appartenant au genre Triticum. Ce sont des plantes annuelles de la famille des graminées ou Poacées, cultivées dans de très nombreux pays pour obtenir de la farine permettant de faire du pain. |
Where the eye mixes blas and blé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: blas vs blé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: blas is \blaːs\ while blé is \ble\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blas is recorded at frequency rank #36,276, classified as averb, pronounced \blaːs\. blé is at rank #5,427, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ble\.
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 41703, this pair ranks #231,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of blas vs blé
Shared letters: bl. Private to "blas": as. Private to "blé": é.
"blas" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "blé" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- blas ← bblas · blass · bllas · blsa
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "blas" for "blé" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "blas" or "blé" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "blas" and "blé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "blas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blas" and "blé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bela vs blas". 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 #231,129 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.