blacklist
/ˈblæklɪst/noun, verb
blacklist is spelled B-L-A-C-K-L-I-S-T: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blacklist means “A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blacklist is blacklists.
How many letters and syllables are in blacklist?
| Letters | 9: B-L-A-C-K-L-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blacklist?
Blacklist appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd 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).
How do you pronounce blacklist?
- /ˈblæklɪst/
Blacklist has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-blacklist.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blacklist?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as blacklist.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stickball.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blacklist
- blacklists plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blacklisting participle, present
- blacklisted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blacklist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.
The software included a lengthy blacklist of disreputable websites to block.
verb
- 1
To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.
You can blacklist known spammers with that button.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blacklist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | liste noire, blacklist , blacklister |
| German | schwarze Liste, Negativliste, Index , auf die schwarze Liste setzen |
| Portuguese | lista negra |
| Spanish | lista negra , poner en la lista negra, poner bola negra |
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 blacklist come from?
From black + list.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).