# blackbird

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈblakbəːd/ · frequency rank #32,295

## Definitions
1. A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
2. A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
3. A native of the South Pacific islands.

## Etymology
From Middle English blakebird, blacbrid (“ouzel; Eurasian blackbird”), equivalent to black + bird.

## Easily confused with
- **Blackburn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blackbird-vs-blackburn)
- **blackboard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blackbird-vs-blackboard)
- **Blackbeard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blackbeard-vs-blackbird)

## Common misspellings (15)
`balckbird`, `bblackbird`, `blacbkird`, `blacckbird`, `blackbbird`, `blackbidr`, `blackbirdd`, `blackbirrd`, `blackbrid`, `blackibrd`, `blackkbird`, `blakcbird`, `blcakbird`, `bllackbird`, `lbackbird`

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