Which to use
“blind” and “blinde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,494
- “blind” frequency rank
- #38,170
- “blinde” frequency rank
- 62664
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blind | blinde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mise obligatoire par les deux premiers joueurs, qui doivent miser avant de voir leurs cartes. | Pièce de bois, tronc d’arbre, pour soutenir des fascines, couvrir une tranchée. |
Where the eye mixes blind and blinde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses blind with blinde
A purely visual mix-up. blind (\blajnd\) and blinde (\blɛ̃d\) 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 extra letter(s) - “blind” sits inside “blinde”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blind is recorded at frequency rank #24,494, classified as anoun, pronounced \blajnd\. blinde is at rank #38,170, tagged as anoun, pronounced \blɛ̃d\.
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 62664, this pair ranks #85,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of blind vs blinde
Shared letters: bdiln. Private to "blind": -. Private to "blinde": e.
"blind" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "blinde" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "blind" and "blinde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "blind" or "blinde" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "blind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blinde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blind" and "blinde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blinde vs blondie". 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 #85,979 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.