blocked
/blɑkt/
"blocked" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blocked” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,214 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,214
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blocked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /blɑkt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blocked” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for blocked is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /blɑkt/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,214 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for blocked, with forms such as "bblocked", "blcoked", and "bllocked". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "bloke", "blocks", "booked", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is blocked, spelled B-L-O-C-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
- 2Unable to move owing to an obstruction.
- 3Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
- 4Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions.
- 5Drunk.
- 6With black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bblocked,blcoked,bllocked,bloccked,blocekd,blockde,blockedd,blockked,blokced,bolcked,lbocked
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blocked - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “blocked”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-L-O-C-K-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /blɑkt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bloke” - see the side-by-side comparison. blocked vs bloke
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.