bulgur
/ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)/
"bulgur" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bulgur” is uncommon English (frequency #94,635 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,635
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bulgur |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bulgur” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bulgur is uncommon English at frequency #94,635 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bulgur in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ottoman Turkish بلغور (bulğur) (modern Turkish bulgur), by metathesis from older بورغول (burğul), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), from Persian برغول (barġul), پرغول (parġul). The correct English form is bulgur, spelled B-U-L-G-U-R.
Definition
- 1Wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بلغور (bulğur) (modern Turkish bulgur), by metathesis from older بورغول (burğul), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), from Persian برغول (barġul), پرغول (parġul).
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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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Using “bulgur”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-U-L-G-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.