# buller

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbʊlə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #48,640

## Definitions
1. To boil or seethe.

## Etymology
From Scots buller (“to boil, seethe”). Of obscure origin. Probably related to Old Norse bulla (“to boil”) and Old French bullir (“to boil”), Latin bullio (“I boil”), all from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“swelling”).

## Easily confused with
- **buyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-buyer)
- **bulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-bulls)
- **bully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-bully)
- **butter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-butter)
- **bullet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-bullet)
- **butler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-butler)
- **burger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-burger)
- **bumper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-bumper)
- **bunker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-bunker)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-burner)
- **buster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-buster)
- **buzzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-buzzer)
- **bummer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-bummer)
- **busier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-busier)
- **burley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-burley)
- **bullets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-bullets)
- **bullied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-bullied)
- **bullies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-bullies)
- **bullpen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buller-vs-bullpen)
- **bull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bull-vs-buller)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbuller`, `bluler`, `bulelr`, `buler`, `bullerr`, `bullre`, `ubller`

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