cherry blossom
"cherry-blossom" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cherry blossom” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The blossom or flower of the cherry tree, particularly the Japanese cherry (Prunus serrulata).
Corpus desk
Index EN-cherry-blossom · cherry blossom · English
cherry blossom · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cherry blossom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cherry blossom” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cherry blossom is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cherry blossom has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is cherry blossom, spelled C-H-E-R-R-Y- -B-L-O-S-S-O-M.
Definition
- 1The blossom or flower of the cherry tree, particularly the Japanese cherry (Prunus serrulata).
- 2A stylized depiction of the blossom of the cherry tree, as used in Japanese mon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cherry blossom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The cherry blossom was in use in Heian times...For obvious reasons it become the mon of the Sakurai family.
This word in other languages
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.
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