bulked
/bʌlkt/
"bulked" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bulked” is uncommon English (frequency #73,933 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,933
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of bulk
Corpus desk
Index EN-bulked · bulked · English
bulked · rank #73,933 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,933
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bulimic
Nearest frequency peer: bulimic (-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 “bulked”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Brynn
Brynn
26,073 corpus weight
- budging
budging
26,071 corpus weight
- buggered
buggered
26,070 corpus weight
- bulimic
bulimic
26,069 corpus weight
- bulked
bulked
26,068 corpus weight
- bunching
bunching
26,064 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bulked” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bulked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /bʌlkt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bulked” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bulked is uncommon English at frequency #73,933 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /bʌlkt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of bulk".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bulked, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English bulked, ybulked, ybolked, equivalent to bulk (verb) + -ed. The correct English form is bulked, spelled B-U-L-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of bulk
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bulked appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In addition to bulked parcels from the main-line stations of Carmarthen, Llanelly, Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot, Cardiff, Newport and Bristol, this express train conveys trolleys from numerous towns in the Cardiff valleys, [...].
Etymology
From Middle English bulked, ybulked, ybolked, equivalent to bulk (verb) + -ed.
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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