buhl
/buːl/
"buhl" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buhl” is uncommon English (frequency #86,094 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,094
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.
Corpus desk
Index EN-buhl · buhl · English
buhl · rank #86,094 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,094
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH buckthorn
Nearest frequency peer: buckthorn (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “buhl”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- brung
brung
13,912 corpus weight
- BTO
BTO
13,910 corpus weight
- bubbler
bubbler
13,909 corpus weight
- buckthorn
buckthorn
13,908 corpus weight
- buhl
buhl
13,907 corpus weight
- burpee
burpee
13,905 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “buhl” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buhl |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /buːl/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “buhl” in English
Rare enough to double-check
buhl is uncommon English at frequency #86,094 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /buːl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for buhl, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: A pronunciation spelling of Boulle, a French woodcarver. The correct English form is buhl, spelled B-U-H-L.
Definition
- 1A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.
- 2Furniture having ornamentation of this kind.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how buhl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In preparation for a client of his type, she had brought into the shop a buhl cabinet, selected from Jabez Rintle's hoard, and that piece, with its elaborate craftsmanship in brass, inlay, tortoiseshell and carving, arrested Mr Jacobson's flair for a bargain in financial values at least.
Fancy a Member of Parliament and an old English Baronet, by Gad! obliged to put a drawing-room clock and a buhl inkstand up the spout; and a gold duck’s-head paper-holder, that I dare say cost my wife five pound, for which they’d only give me fifteen-and-six!
Etymology
A pronunciation spelling of Boulle, a French woodcarver.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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