blocked
/blɑkt/adjective, verb
blocked is spelled B-L-O-C-K-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, blocked means “Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in blocked?
| Letters | 7: B-L-O-C-K-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 20 times per million words; the 4,224th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blocked?
Blocked appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th 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 blocked?
- US /blɑkt/
- UK /blɒkt/
Blocked 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: En-us-blocked.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blocked?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blocked from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkt/):
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 blocked
- more blocked comparative
- most blocked superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blocked mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
This road is blocked, so we must find another route.
- 2
Unable to move owing to an obstruction.
The argument was over a blocked car in a driveway.
- 3
Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
Blocked users will be unable to access their accounts indefinitely.
- 4
Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions.
All of this user's accounts are now blocked.
- 5
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- 6
With black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of block
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blocked in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.