blessed
/ˈblɛsɪd/
"blessed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blessed” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,826 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,826
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for blessed is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈblɛsɪd/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,826 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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)
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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Using “blessed”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-L-E-S-S-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈblɛsɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “blushed” - see the side-by-side comparison. blessed vs blushed
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.