# Blackbeard vs blackberry

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Blackbeard
*name · IPA /blæk.bɪəd/ · frequency rank #49,222*
The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.

### blackberry
*noun · IPA /ˈblækbəɹi/ · frequency rank #12,009*
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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