baulk
/bɔ(l)k/noun, verb
baulk is spelled B-A-U-L-K: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, baulk means “Alternative spelling of balk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of baulk is baulks.
How many letters and syllables are in baulk?
| Letters | 5: B-A-U-L-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 baulk?
Baulk appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th 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 baulk?
- UK /bɔː(l)k/
- British /boː(l)k/
- US /bɔ(l)k/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-baulk.ogg, En-us-baulk.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with baulk?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as baulk from its last stressed vowel (/ɔk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bulka.
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 baulk
- baulks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- baulking participle, present
- baulked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does baulk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKAlternative spelling of balk.
verb
- 1
UKAlternative spelling of balk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).