blacklisted
/ˈblæk.lɪstəd/
"blacklisted" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blacklisted” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,190. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,190
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blacklisted · blacklisted · English
blacklisted · rank #29,190 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,190
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH blackened
Nearest frequency peer: blackened (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “blacklisted”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- bibi
bibi
70,814 corpus weight
- biometric
biometric
70,813 corpus weight
- blackened
blackened
70,812 corpus weight
- blacklisted
blacklisted
70,811 corpus weight
- bogged
bogged
70,809 corpus weight
- boobies
boobies
70,808 corpus weight
What this shows “blacklisted” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blacklisted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈblæk.lɪstəd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #29,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “blacklisted”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around blacklisted (IPA /ˈblæk.lɪstəd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,190 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for blacklisted, with forms such as "balcklisted", "bblacklisted", and "blaccklisted". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "blacklist", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is blacklisted, spelled B-L-A-C-K-L-I-S-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- balcklisted
- bblacklisted
- blaccklisted
- blackilsted
- blackklisted
- blacklisetd
- blacklissted
- blacklistde
- blacklistedd
- blacklistted
- blacklitsed
- blackllisted
- blacklsited
- blaclkisted
- blakclisted
- blcaklisted
- bllacklisted
- lbacklisted
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blacklisted - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blacklisted", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).