# blank

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈblæŋk/ · frequency rank #5,662

## Definitions
1. White or pale; without colour.
2. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
3. Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
4. Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.
5. Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.
6. Utterly confounded or discomfited.
7. Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile.
8. Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
9. Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.

## Etymology
From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Old French blanc, feminine blanche, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Spanish blanco. More at blink, blind, blanch. Doublet of blanc.

## Easily confused with
- **bunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-bunk)
- **bran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-bran)
- **block** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-block)
- **brand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-brand)
- **blind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-blind)
- **blast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-blast)
- **blend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-blend)
- **blunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-blunt)
- **blink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-blink)
- **blaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-blaze)
- **blond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-blond)
- **brink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-brink)
- **bleak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-bleak)
- **bling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-bling)
- **brant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-brant)
- **Boland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-boland)
- **blinks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-blinks)
- **blanket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-blanket)
- **blankly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-blankly)
- **blanked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-blanked)

## Common misspellings (8)
`balnk`, `bblank`, `blakn`, `blankk`, `blannk`, `bllank`, `blnak`, `lbank`

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