# bliss

> English word · Noun · IPA /blɪs/ · frequency rank #9,854

## Definitions
1. Perfect happiness.

## Etymology
From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier blīds, blīþs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþisi (“joy, goodness, kindness”).

## Easily confused with
- **BLS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-bls)
- **boss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-boss)
- **Bois** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-bois)
- **buss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-buss)
- **blues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-blues)
- **brass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-brass)
- **blows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-blows)
- **blitz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-blitz)
- **blush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-blush)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-brits)
- **Boise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-boise)
- **boils** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-boils)
- **brisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-brisk)
- **blocs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-blocs)
- **blurs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-blurs)
- **BRICS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-brics)
- **bluish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bliss-vs-bluish)
- **bis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bis-vs-bliss)
- **bass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bass-vs-bliss)
- **bias** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bias-vs-bliss)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbliss`, `bilss`, `blis`, `blliss`, `blsis`, `lbiss`

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