blackcap
/ˈblækˌkæp/noun
blackcap is spelled B-L-A-C-K-C-A-P: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blackcap means “A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blackcap is blackcaps.
How many letters and syllables are in blackcap?
| Letters | 8: B-L-A-C-K-C-A-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blackcap?
Blackcap appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blackcap?
- US /ˈblækˌkæp/
Blackcap has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-blackcap.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blackcap?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as blackcap (/ækkæp/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: clapback.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blackcap
- blackcaps plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blackcap mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
- 2
UKUSobsoleteAny of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus).
- 3
An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
- 4
CanadaUSThe blackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does blackcap come from?
Calque of Latin ātricapillus (“blackcap; black-haired”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek μελαγκόρυφος (melankóruphos). By surface analysis, black + cap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).