# Berwick

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɛɹɪk/ · frequency rank #28,465

## Definitions
1. Any of various places, including:
2. Any of various places, including:
3. Any of various places, including:
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16. Any of various places, including:
17. Any of various places, including:
18. A surname.

## Etymology
For places in England and Scotland (e.g. North Berwick), from Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English wīc (“settlement”). For the Scottish name, there is the possibility that the second element instead derives from a different word, for which see -wick.
Places outside England and Scotland are generally named, possibly indirectly, after places in England, including Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Maine. The name was chosen by a local resident who had travelled through the community in Maine and was impressed by its neatness.

## Easily confused with
- **brick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/berwick-vs-brick)
- **Bernice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bernice-vs-berwick)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bberwick`, `beriwck`, `berrwick`, `berwcik`, `berwicck`, `berwickk`, `berwikc`, `berwwick`, `bewrick`, `brewick`, `ebrwick`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/berwick