Which to use
“bled” and “bloc” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,210
- “bled” frequency rank
- #2,609
- “bloc” frequency rank
- 16819
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bled | bloc |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Un pays étranger quelconque, dont est originaire une personne. | Masse, gros morceau d’une matière pesante et dure, telle que la pierre, le marbre, le fer non encore travaillés. |
Where the eye mixes bled and bloc
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between bled and bloc
A purely visual mix-up. bled (\blɛd\) and bloc (\blɔk\) 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 16819, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bled is recorded at frequency rank #14,210, classified as anoun, pronounced \blɛd\. bloc is at rank #2,609, tagged as anoun, pronounced \blɔk\.
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 16819, this pair ranks #386,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bled vs bloc
Shared letters: bl. Private to "bled": de. Private to "bloc": co.
"bled" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "bloc" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bled" for "bloc" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bled" vs "bloc" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "bled" and "bloc" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bloc" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bled" and "bloc" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bled vs bold". 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 #386,107 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.