Blackmore
"blackmore" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Blackmore” is uncommon English (frequency #52,808 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,808
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A village in Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green parish, Brentwood district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL603016).
Corpus desk
Index EN-blackmore · Blackmore · English
Blackmore · rank #52,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,808
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bioscience
Nearest frequency peer: bioscience (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Blackmore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- biding
biding
47,195 corpus weight
- bioscience
bioscience
47,194 corpus weight
- Blackmore
Blackmore
47,193 corpus weight
- Blacksburg
Blacksburg
47,192 corpus weight
- blogpost
blogpost
47,191 corpus weight
- boastful
boastful
47,190 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Blackmore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Blackmore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Blackmore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Blackmore is uncommon English at frequency #52,808 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Blackmore, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English blæc (“black”) + mōr (“moor”). The correct English form is Blackmore, spelled B-L-A-C-K-M-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1A village in Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green parish, Brentwood district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL603016).
- 2A hamlet in Westbury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3109).
- 3A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
From Old English blæc (“black”) + mōr (“moor”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).