# blackened

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #29,189

## Definitions
1. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as
2. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
3. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:

## Etymology
From Middle English blakend, blakind, blakkenid, blakenid, equivalent to blacken + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **blacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacked-vs-blackened)
- **backend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backend-vs-blackened)

## Common misspellings (14)
`balckened`, `bblackened`, `blacckened`, `blacekned`, `blackeend`, `blackende`, `blackenedd`, `blackenned`, `blackkened`, `blackneed`, `blakcened`, `blcakened`, `bllackened`, `lbackened`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blackened