# bugle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbjuːɡəl/ · frequency rank #31,888

## Definitions
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.
4. A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.

## Etymology
From Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bugle, from Latin būculus (“young bull; ox; steer”).

## Easily confused with
- **bull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bull)
- **bulk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bulk)
- **bugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bugs)
- **bulb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bulb)
- **bute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bute)
- **built** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-built)
- **build** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-build)
- **bulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bulls)
- **bully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bully)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-burke)
- **bulge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bulge)
- **butte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-butte)
- **burly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-burly)
- **bullet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bullet)
- **butler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-butler)
- **bundle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bundle)
- **bustle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bustle)
- **bumble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bumble)
- **burley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-burley)
- **bungee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bungee)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbugle`, `bgule`, `bugel`, `buggle`, `buglle`, `ubgle`

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