Which to use
“blindées” and “blondes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,400
- “blindées” frequency rank
- #16,819
- “blondes” frequency rank
- 52219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blindées | blondes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de blindé. | Féminin pluriel de blond. |
Where the eye mixes blindées and blondes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: blindées vs blondes
A purely visual mix-up. blindées (\blɛ̃.de\) and blondes (\blɔ̃d\) 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 52219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blindées is recorded at frequency rank #35,400, classified as anadj, pronounced \blɛ̃.de\. blondes is at rank #16,819, tagged as anadj, pronounced \blɔ̃d\.
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 52219, this pair ranks #149,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of blindées vs blondes
Shared letters: bdelns. Private to "blindées": ié. Private to "blondes": o.
"blindées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "blondes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- blondes ← bblondes · bllondes · blnodes · blodnes · blonddes · blondess · blondse · bloneds
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "blindées" for "blondes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "blindées" or "blondes"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "blindées" and "blondes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "blindées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blondes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blindées" and "blondes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blinde vs blindées". 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 #149,254 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.