black ice
"black-ice" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“black ice” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | black ice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “black ice” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for black ice is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for black ice, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is black ice, spelled B-L-A-C-K- -I-C-E.
Definition
- 1A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “black ice”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-L-A-C-K- -I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.