bulldoze
/ˈbʊldoʊz/
"bulldoze" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bulldoze” is an uncommon English word, ranked #64,952 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #64,952
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To destroy with a bulldozer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bulldoze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈbʊldoʊz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bulldoze” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bulldoze is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbʊldoʊz/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,952 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
bulldoze has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earlier bulldose (noun, literally “bull-dose, a dose fit for a bull”), equivalent to bull + dose. The correct English form is bulldoze, spelled B-U-L-L-D-O-Z-E.
Definition
- 1To destroy with a bulldozer.
- 2To push someone over by heading straight over them. Often used in conjunction with "over".
- 3To push through forcefully.
- 4To push into a heap, as a bulldozer does.
- 5To shoot down an idea immediately and forcefully.
- 6To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; used originally of the intimidation of black voters in Louisiana.
Etymology
From earlier bulldose (noun, literally “bull-dose, a dose fit for a bull”), equivalent to bull + dose.
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 “bulldoze”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-U-L-L-D-O-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbʊldoʊz/ (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.