black out
verb
black out is spelled B-L-A-C-K-O-U-T: 8 letters. As a verb, black out means “To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in black out?
| Letters | 8: B-L-A-C-K-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce black out?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-black_out.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with black out
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: blackout (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of black out
- blacks out present, singular, he/she/it
- blacking out participle, present
- blacked out participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does black out mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.
Seigel was able to send two post cards home in 44 months via the Red Cross. The first one was completely blacked out by the Japanese censor's pen. The second one he sent, Seigel wrote that he weighed his "usual weight of 130". Seigel's usua
- 2
To censor or cover up.
- 3
To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout.
- 4
To cause (someone) to lose consciousness.
- 5
To obscure in darkness.
- 6
To be in a state of blackout, as a building, a city, a ship.
The countryside blacked out to avoid helping enemy aircraft.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of blackout.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Black out in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | noircir, caviarder , perdre connaissance, s'évanouir, tourner de l'œil, tomber dans les pommes |
| German | schwärzen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does black out come from?
Deverbal from black out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).