bull dyke
/ˈbʊlˌdaɪk/
"bull-dyke" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bull dyke” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A masculine or butch lesbian. (See usage notes about dyke (“lesbian”).)
Corpus desk
Index EN-bull-dyke · bull dyke · English
bull dyke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bull dyke |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʊlˌdaɪk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bull dyke” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bull dyke is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʊlˌdaɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A masculine or butch lesbian. (See usage notes about dyke (“lesbian”).)".
bull dyke doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, bull + dyke, although the form bulldyke predates dyke by several decades. See dyke for more. The correct English form is bull dyke, spelled B-U-L-L- -D-Y-K-E.
Definition
- 1A masculine or butch lesbian. (See usage notes about dyke (“lesbian”).)
Etymology
By surface analysis, bull + dyke, although the form bulldyke predates dyke by several decades. See dyke for more.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.