bloody hell
"bloody-hell" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bloody hell” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An expression of dismay, disgust, anger, surprise etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bloody-hell · bloody hell · English
bloody hell · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bloody hell |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bloody hell” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bloody hell is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An expression of dismay, disgust, anger, surprise etc.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bloody hell, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is bloody hell, spelled B-L-O-O-D-Y- -H-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1An expression of dismay, disgust, anger, surprise etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bloody hell appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bloody hell! My team lost again!
Bloody hell! Where did you come from, scaring me like that!
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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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.