bliss
/blɪs/noun, verb
bliss is spelled B-L-I-S-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bliss means “Perfect happiness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bliss is blisses.
How many letters and syllables are in bliss?
| Letters | 5: B-L-I-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bliss?
Bliss appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bliss?
- /blɪs/
Bliss has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bliss.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bliss
- blisses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blissing participle, present
- blissed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bliss mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Perfect happiness.
The afternoon at the spa was utter bliss.
verb
- 1
To feel bliss; (by extension) to reach a state of bliss or ecstasy.
I'm still blissing out after our date. I had a great time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bliss in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense perfect happiness:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | béatitude, félicité |
| German | Glückseligkeit, Glück |
| Portuguese | júbilo, gáudio, êxtase, bem-aventurança |
| Spanish | euforia, dicha, beatitud, bienaventuranza, bienandanza, ventura |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bliss come from?
From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier blīds, blīþs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþisi (“joy, goodness, kindness”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).