bilberry
/ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/
"bilberry" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bilberry” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bilberry · bilberry · English
bilberry · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bilberry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bilberry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bilberry is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bilberry has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber. The correct English form is bilberry, spelled B-I-L-B-E-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
- 2The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.
Etymology
Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.