# blessed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈblɛsɪd/ · frequency rank #4,826

## Definitions
1. Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
2. A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
3. Held in veneration; revered.
4. Worthy of worship; holy.
5. Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
6. damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)

## Easily confused with
- **blushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blessed-vs-blushed)
- **blesses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blessed-vs-blesses)
- **bless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bless-vs-blessed)
- **bleed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-blessed)
- **bested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bested-vs-blessed)
- **blended** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blended-vs-blessed)
- **blasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blasted-vs-blessed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bblessed`, `belssed`, `blesed`, `blesesd`, `blessde`, `blessedd`, `bllessed`, `blsesed`, `lbessed`

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