# blacks

> English word · Noun · IPA /blæks/ · frequency rank #5,577

## Definitions
1. plural of black
2. A kind of ink in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press.
3. Black garments, etc.

## Easily confused with
- **block** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-block)
- **Bucks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-bucks)
- **blake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-blake)
- **blank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-blank)
- **blocs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-blocs)
- **blocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-blocks)
- **blades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-blades)
- **bricks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-bricks)
- **blames** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-blames)
- **braces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-braces)
- **blazes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-blazes)
- **blinks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacks-vs-blinks)
- **back** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/back-vs-blacks)
- **black** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/black-vs-blacks)
- **banks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banks-vs-blacks)
- **backs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backs-vs-blacks)
- **Barks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barks-vs-blacks)
- **beaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaks-vs-blacks)
- **blacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacked-vs-blacks)
- **blackie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blackie-vs-blacks)

## Common misspellings (10)
`balcks`, `bblacks`, `blaccks`, `blackks`, `blackss`, `blacsk`, `blakcs`, `blcaks`, `bllacks`, `lbacks`

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