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“blacked” and “blackest” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,571
- “blacked” frequency rank
- #42,030
- “blackest” frequency rank
- 62601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blacked | blackest |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Colored black. | superlative form of black: most black |
Where the eye mixes blacked and blackest
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. blacked runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against blackest's 8 (CCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: blacked vs blackest
A purely visual mix-up. blacked (/blækt/) and blackest (/blækəst/) 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 62601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blacked is recorded at frequency rank #20,571, classified as anadj, pronounced /blækt/. blackest is at rank #42,030, tagged as anadj, pronounced /blækəst/.
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 62601, this pair ranks #87,573 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of blacked vs blackest
Shared letters: abcekl. Private to "blacked": d. Private to "blackest": st.
"blacked" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "blackest" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "blacked" and "blackest" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "blacked" or "blackest"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "blacked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blackest" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,573 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blacked" and "blackest" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blacker vs blackest". 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 #87,573 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.