# blossom

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈblɒs.əm/ · frequency rank #12,552

## Definitions
1. A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
2. The state or season of producing such flowers.
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.

## Etymology
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).

## Easily confused with
- **bosom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blossom-vs-bosom)
- **blossoms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blossom-vs-blossoms)
- **bloom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloom-vs-blossom)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bblossom`, `bllossom`, `blosom`, `blososm`, `blossmo`, `blossomm`, `blsosom`, `bolssom`, `lbossom`

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