# bloom

> English word · Noun · IPA /bluːm/ · frequency rank #7,888

## Definitions
1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
2. Flowers.
3. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
4. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
5. Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
6. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
7. Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
8. An algal bloom.
9. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
10. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
11. A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
12. A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
13. A natural protective coating on an eggshell.
14. An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
15. The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.
16. A fan of Filipino girl group BINI.
17. A group of ladybugs.

## Etymology
From Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Doublet of bloom (“spongy mass of metal”); see there for more.

## Easily confused with
- **boo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-boo)
- **BOM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-bom)
- **book** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-book)
- **blow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-blow)
- **boom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-boom)
- **boot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-boot)
- **boon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-boon)
- **boob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-boob)
- **blot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-blot)
- **boos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-boos)
- **Brom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-brom)
- **boop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-boop)
- **Blum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-blum)
- **blown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-blown)
- **blows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-blows)
- **brook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-brook)
- **broom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-broom)
- **brood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-brood)
- **bosom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-bosom)
- **booms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-booms)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbloom`, `blloom`, `blom`, `blomo`, `bloomm`, `bolom`, `lboom`

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