# blackwood

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,935

## Definitions
1. Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
2. Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
3. Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
4. Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
5. The very dark wood of such trees.

## Etymology
From black + wood.

## Easily confused with
- **Blackpool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blackpool-vs-blackwood)
- **backwoods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backwoods-vs-blackwood)

## Common misspellings (14)
`balckwood`, `bblackwood`, `blacckwood`, `blackkwood`, `blackowod`, `blackwod`, `blackwodo`, `blackwoodd`, `blackwwood`, `blacwkood`, `blakcwood`, `blcakwood`, `bllackwood`, `lbackwood`

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