blackballing
noun, verb
blackballing is spelled B-L-A-C-K-B-A-L-L-I-N-G: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blackballing means “An instance, or action, of a person being blackballed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blackballing is blackballings.
How many letters and syllables are in blackballing?
| Letters | 12: B-L-A-C-K-B-A-L-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 43 million words; the 201,693rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is blackballing?
Blackballing appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of blackballing
- blackballings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blackballing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instance, or action, of a person being blackballed.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of blackball
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blackballing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an instance of a person being blackballed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | blackboulage |
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.