Bulldog
[ˈbʊldɔk]
The verdict
“Bulldog” is an uncommon German word, ranked #50,352 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,352
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - landwirtschaftliche Zugmaschine
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bulldog |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʊldɔk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bulldog” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bulldog is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʊldɔk]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,352 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "landwirtschaftliche Zugmaschine".
Bulldog doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Bulldog, spelled B-U-L-L-D-O-G.
Definition
- 1landwirtschaftliche Zugmaschine
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Bulldog”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-U-L-L-D-O-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbʊldɔk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.