Black Panther

noun

"black-panther" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Black Panther” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982.

Corpus desk

Index EN-black-panther · Black Panther · English

Black Panther · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Black Panther
PropertyValue
HeadwordBlack Panther
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Black Panther” in English

Black Panthersits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Black Panther is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Black Panther in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Black Panther, spelled B-L-A-C-K- -P-A-N-T-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A member of the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Black Panther appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. For example, does that huge Black Panther there in the hallway, the one shaking hands with Felicia Bernstein herself, the one with the black leather coat and the dark glasses and the absolutely unbelievable Afro, Fuzzy Wuzzy-scale in fact—is he, a Black Panther, going on to pick up a Roquefort cheese morsel rolled in crushed nuts from off the tray, from a…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Black Panther"?
"Black Panther" is spelled B-L-A-C-K- -P-A-N-T-H-E-R.
What does "Black Panther" mean?
As a noun, "Black Panther" means: A member of the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982.
What language does "Black Panther" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list