# blurb

> English word · Noun · IPA /blɝ(ː)b/ · frequency rank #37,345

## Definitions
1. A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

## Etymology
Coined by American humorist Gelett Burgess in 1907 on a dust jacket at a trade association dinner. The dust jacket said “YES, this is a “BLURB”!” and featured a (fictitious) “Miss Belinda Blurb” shown calling out, described as “in the act of blurbing”.

## Easily confused with
- **BRB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-brb)
- **bub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-bub)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-bur)
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-burn)
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-bury)
- **bulb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-bulb)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-burt)
- **burr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-burr)
- **Burg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-burg)
- **burp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-burp)
- **blush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-blush)
- **blurs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-blurs)
- **blurry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blurb-vs-blurry)
- **blue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blue-vs-blurb)
- **blur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blur-vs-blurb)
- **barb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barb-vs-blurb)
- **blob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blob-vs-blurb)
- **Blum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blum-vs-blurb)
- **blues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blues-vs-blurb)
- **blunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-blurb)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bblurb`, `bllurb`, `blrub`, `blubr`, `blurbb`, `blurrb`, `bulrb`, `lburb`

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