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Blond vs. Blonde

The French-gendered spelling: masculine versus feminine.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

The man dyed his hair blonde.

✓ Correct

The man dyed his hair blond.

The ruleii

BLOND (m). BLONDE (f).

BLOND is masculine or neutral (a blond man, blond wood). BLONDE is feminine (a blonde woman). American English is relaxing the distinction; British and French editorial practice still holds it.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

BlondE = fEmale.

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