bugle
/ˈbjuːɡəl/noun, verb
bugle is spelled B-U-G-L-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bugle means “A horn used by hunters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bugle is bugles.
How many letters and syllables are in bugle?
| Letters | 5: B-U-G-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 bugle?
Bugle appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th 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 bugle?
- /ˈbjuːɡəl/
Bugle has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bugle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bugle?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bugle.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bulge.
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 bugle
- bugles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- bugling participle, present
- bugled participle, past
- more bugle comparative
- most bugle superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bugle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A horn used by hunters.
- 2
A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
- 3
The sound of something that bugles.
the bugle of an elk
- 4
A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
- 5
A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim.
- 6
A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.
verb
- 1
To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle.
adjective
- 1
obsoletejet-black
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bugle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bugle come from?
Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).