black-collar
"black-collar" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“black-collar” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to employment in the black market; that is, to engagement in illicit trade or distribution of untaxed goods and services.
Corpus desk
Index EN-black-collar · black-collar · English
black-collar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | black-collar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “black-collar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
black-collar is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for black-collar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From black market and -collar. The correct English form is black-collar, spelled B-L-A-C-K---C-O-L-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to employment in the black market; that is, to engagement in illicit trade or distribution of untaxed goods and services.
- 2Relating to creative work.
- 3Relating to coalminers and oil workers.
- 4Relating to the clergy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how black-collar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rewards necessarily drop for the former — not only because their numbers increase relatively but also because their output per man-hour does not rise as rapidly as that of the black-collar worker.
What attitudes, types of ideas and particular experiences would lead a "blue collar worker" to perceive the evidence of the defendant's guilt differently than a white, pink or black collar worker?
Etymology
From black market and -collar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.