# blackberry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈblækbəɹi/ · frequency rank #12,009

## Definitions
1. A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
2. The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
3. Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish; the plant that produces it.
4. The blackcurrant.

## Etymology
From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan, equivalent to black + berry.

## Easily confused with
- **Blackbeard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blackbeard-vs-blackberry)

## Common misspellings (15)
`balckberry`, `bblackberry`, `blacbkerry`, `blacckberry`, `blackbberry`, `blackberryy`, `blackbery`, `blackberyr`, `blackbrery`, `blackebrry`, `blackkberry`, `blakcberry`, `blcakberry`, `bllackberry`, `lbackberry`

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