blackout
\bla.ka.ut\
The verdict
“blackout” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #43,809 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #43,809
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Panne généralisée, coupure de courant électrique à grande échelle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blackout |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bla.ka.ut\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blackout” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for blackout is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bla.ka.ut\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,809 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for blackout, with forms such as "balckout", "bblackout", and "blacckout". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is blackout, spelled B-L-A-C-K-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Panne généralisée, coupure de courant électrique à grande échelle.
- 2En temps de guerre, réduction de l’éclairage ou silence imposé pour protéger un lieu d’une attaque ennemie.
- 3Perte momentanée de mémoire ou de conscience après avoir consommé un produit psychotrope, alcool ou drogue.
- 4Silence médiatique sur un sujet.
- 5Voile noir.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: balckout,bblackout,blacckout,blackkout,blackotu,blackoutt,blackuot,blacokut,blakcout,blcakout,bllackout,lbackout
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blackout - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “blackout”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-L-A-C-K-O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bla.ka.ut\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.