# Buell

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,103

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a Welsh surname, variant of Bowell, itself a variant of Powell (also see Howell).
* As a Dutch surname, from the noun beul (“hangman”).

## Easily confused with
- **bull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buell-vs-bull)
- **bulk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buell-vs-bulk)
- **bulb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buell-vs-bulb)
- **built** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buell-vs-built)
- **build** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buell-vs-build)
- **bulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buell-vs-bulls)
- **bully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buell-vs-bully)
- **bugle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buell-vs-bugle)
- **burly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buell-vs-burly)
- **bel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bel-vs-buell)
- **bill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bill-vs-buell)
- **ball** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ball-vs-buell)
- **bell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bell-vs-buell)
- **belt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belt-vs-buell)
- **beal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beal-vs-buell)
- **Belo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belo-vs-buell)
- **Biel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biel-vs-buell)
- **belly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belly-vs-buell)
- **bells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bells-vs-buell)
- **belle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belle-vs-buell)

## Common misspellings (5)
`bbuell`, `beull`, `buel`, `bulel`, `ubell`

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