# blake

> English word · Adjective · IPA /bleɪk/ · frequency rank #5,480

## Definitions
1. Yellow, as butter or cheese.

## Etymology
From Middle English blak, blac (“pale”), from Old English blāc (“pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing”) and Old Norse bleikr (“pale; yellow, pink; any non-red warm color”); both from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; shining”). Compare Scots bleg (“light, drab”). More at bleak.

## Easily confused with
- **BLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-ble)
- **blue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blue)
- **broke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-broke)
- **blame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blame)
- **brave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-brave)
- **blast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blast)
- **blank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blank)
- **brake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-brake)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-burke)
- **brace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-brace)
- **blaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blaze)
- **bloke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-bloke)
- **bland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-bland)
- **bleak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-bleak)
- **blanc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blanc)
- **blige** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blige)
- **blamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blamed)
- **brakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-brakes)
- **blames** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blames)
- **blazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blake-vs-blazer)

## Common misspellings (7)
`balke`, `bblake`, `blaek`, `blakke`, `blkae`, `bllake`, `lbake`

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