bulla
/bˈulə/
"bulla" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bulla” is an uncommon English word, ranked #71,361 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #71,361
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bulla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bˈulə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bulla” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bulla is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bˈulə/. Corpus data places it at rank #71,361 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bulla, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”). Doublet of bill and bull (“papal bull; bubble”). The correct English form is bulla, spelled B-U-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as
- 2A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as:
- 3A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.
- 4In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.
- 5A handwritten document from the papal chancellery.
- 6Any of several hollow structures as features of bones.
- 7Any of several hollow structures as features of bones.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”). Doublet of bill and bull (“papal bull; bubble”).
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 “bulla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-U-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bˈulə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.