blackouts
/ˈblækaʊts/noun
blackouts is spelled B-L-A-C-K-O-U-T-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blackouts means “Long, dark-coloured underwear worn by the WAAF in winter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in blackouts?
| Letters | 9: B-L-A-C-K-O-U-T-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is blackouts?
Blackouts appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th 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 blackouts?
- /ˈblækaʊts/
Blackouts 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-blackouts.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of blackouts
- black-outs
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blackouts mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangLong, dark-coloured underwear worn by the WAAF in winter.
- 2
plural of blackout
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).