bloodsome

adj

"bloodsome" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bloodsome” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marked by blood; bloody (all senses)

Corpus desk

Index EN-bloodsome · bloodsome · English

bloodsome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for bloodsome
PropertyValue
Headwordbloodsome
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “bloodsome” in English

bloodsomeranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bloodsome is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marked by blood; bloody (all senses)".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bloodsome, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From blood + -some. The correct English form is bloodsome, spelled B-L-O-O-D-S-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marked by blood; bloody (all senses)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bloodsome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The sight of the rope against the whitewashed wall and the thought of the bloodsome uproar which was about to smash the peace of the night into hash served to deepen that rummy feeling to which I have alluded.
  2. If not for all that beyond the Forest, the Waters, I would not this Anxiousness have, but indeed with the sign of that Carnage, bloodsome, not only to me but to everyone 'tis Burdensome, bothersome, and every—[...]

Etymology

From blood + -some.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bloodsome"?
"bloodsome" is spelled B-L-O-O-D-S-O-M-E.
What does "bloodsome" mean?
As an adjective, "bloodsome" means: Marked by blood; bloody (all senses)
What is the origin of the word "bloodsome"?
From blood + -some. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list