blak
adjective, noun
blak is spelled B-L-A-K: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, blak means “Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in blak?
| Letters | 4: B-L-A-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd 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; 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 blak?
Blak appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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).
What rhymes with blak?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as blak.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: balk.
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 blak
- blakker comparative
- blakkest superlative
- blaks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blak mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
AustraliaIndigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander).
blak identity
noun
- 1
AustraliaoffensiveAn Indigenous Australian.
Coordinate term: wadjela (a White person, Australian of European descent)
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of blak.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does blak come from?
Coined by visual artist Destiny Deacon in 1991 as an alteration of black.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).