# bulky

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbʌlki/ · frequency rank #19,545

## Definitions
1. Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.
2. Unwieldy.
3. Having excess body mass, especially muscle.

## Etymology
From Middle English bulki, boulky, equivalent to bulk + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-buy)
- **busy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-busy)
- **bull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-bull)
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-bury)
- **bunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-bunk)
- **buoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-buoy)
- **bulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-bulls)
- **bunny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-bunny)
- **bully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-bully)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-burke)
- **Bundy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-bundy)
- **bumpy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-bumpy)
- **busty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-busty)
- **bushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-bushy)
- **burly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-burly)
- **busby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-busby)
- **bunks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-bunks)
- **burka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-burka)
- **burley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulky-vs-burley)
- **bly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bly-vs-bulky)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbulky`, `bluky`, `bukly`, `bulkky`, `bulkyy`, `bullky`, `bulyk`, `ublky`

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