blossom
blos·som/ˈblɑ.səm/noun, verb
blossom is spelled B-L-O-S-S-O-M: 7 letters and 2 syllables (blos·som). It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blossom means “A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blossom is blossoms.
How many letters and syllables are in blossom?
| Letters | 7: B-L-O-S-S-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: blos·som |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blossom?
Blossom appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 blossom?
- UK /ˈblɒs.əm/
- UK [ˈblɒs.m̩]
- US /ˈblɑ.səm/
Blossom has 2 syllables, split blos·som in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-blossom.wav, En-us-blossom.ogg, En-au-blossom.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blossom?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blossom from its last stressed vowel (/ɑsəm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blossom
- blossoms plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blasom
- blossoming participle, present
- blossomed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blossom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
The blossom has come early this year.
- 2
The state or season of producing such flowers.
The orchard is in blossom.
- 3
A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
- 4
The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
verb
- 1
To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
- 2
To begin to thrive or flourish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blossom in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fleur , floraison , fleurir , s'épanouir |
| German | Blüte , blühen, erblühen , aufblühen , Blütezeit |
| Portuguese | flor , floração, florada , desabrochar, florir, florescer |
| Spanish | flor , floración , florecer |
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 blossom come from?
From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).