blessed
/ˈblɛsɪd/
"blessed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blessed” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,826. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,826
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blessed · blessed · English
blessed · rank #4,826 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,826
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Barcelona
Nearest frequency peer: Barcelona (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “blessed”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- backing
backing
95,178 corpus weight
- baker
baker
95,177 corpus weight
- Barcelona
Barcelona
95,176 corpus weight
- blessed
blessed
95,175 corpus weight
- Brazilian
Brazilian
95,174 corpus weight
- brush
brush
95,173 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “blessed” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blessed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈblɛsɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blessed” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around blessed (IPA /ˈblɛsɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,826 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for blessed, with forms such as "bblessed", "belssed", and "blesed". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "blushed", "blesses", "bless", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is blessed, spelled B-L-E-S-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
- 2A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
- 3Held in veneration; revered.
- 4Worthy of worship; holy.
- 5Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
- 6damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blessed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
‘My blessed Public must have a pretty girl’s face. Romance isn’t romance, adventure is as dull as dishwater...to my Public...unless, every so often, a face to sink a thousand ships, or is it saps? shows up.’
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bblessed
- belssed
- blesed
- blesesd
- blessde
- blessedd
- bllessed
- blsesed
- lbessed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blessed - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blessed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "blessed" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "blushed". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,826 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.