Which to use
“blind” and “blunt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,494
- “blind” frequency rank
- #34,898
- “blunt” frequency rank
- 59392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blind | blunt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mise obligatoire par les deux premiers joueurs, qui doivent miser avant de voir leurs cartes. | Cigare évidé ou feuille de tabac contenant la substance psychotrope (cannabis, marijuana) à inhaler. |
Where the eye mixes blind and blunt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between blind and blunt
A purely visual mix-up. blind (\blajnd\) and blunt (\blœnt\) 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 59392, 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\. blunt is at rank #34,898, tagged as anoun, pronounced \blœnt\.
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 59392, this pair ranks #103,417 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of blind vs blunt
Shared letters: bln. Private to "blind": di. Private to "blunt": tu.
"blind" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "blunt" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "blind" for "blunt" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "blind" or "blunt" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "blunt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,417 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blind" and "blunt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "béant vs blunt". 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 #103,417 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.