# blackfish

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈblakfɪʃ/ · frequency rank #47,495

## Definitions
1. An Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
2. Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
3. A pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.) and occasionally also used for various other whales).
4. Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
5. Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick (Girella tricuspidata), and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.

## Etymology
From black + fish.

## Easily confused with
- **blackish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blackfish-vs-blackish)
- **brackish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blackfish-vs-brackish)
- **blacklist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blackfish-vs-blacklist)

## Common misspellings (15)
`balckfish`, `bblackfish`, `blacckfish`, `blacfkish`, `blackffish`, `blackfihs`, `blackfishh`, `blackfissh`, `blackfsih`, `blackifsh`, `blackkfish`, `blakcfish`, `blcakfish`, `bllackfish`, `lbackfish`

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