bleck
/blɛk/noun, interjection
bleck is spelled B-L-E-C-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bleck means “Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bleck is blecks.
How many letters and syllables are in bleck?
| Letters | 5: B-L-E-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st 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 bleck?
Bleck appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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 bleck?
- /blɛk/
Bleck has one syllable (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)-Vealhurl-bleck.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bleck
- blecks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blecking participle, present
- blecked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bleck mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease.
- 2
Ink.
- 3
Soot, smut.
- 4
obsoleteA black man.
- 5
Coalfish (Pollachius virens).
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo blacken.
- 2
obsoleteTo defile.
interjection
- 1
rareAlternative form of blech.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bleck come from?
From Middle English blek (“ink”), from Old Norse blek (“black tint, ink”), from Old English blæc (“black tint or dye, ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blaką (“that which is black; blackness”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).