bullet hole
"bullet-hole" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bullet hole” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A circular wound or hole caused by the projectile of a firearm.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bullet hole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bullet hole” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bullet hole is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A circular wound or hole caused by the projectile of a firearm.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bullet hole in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is bullet hole, spelled B-U-L-L-E-T- -H-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1A circular wound or hole caused by the projectile of a firearm.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “bullet hole”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-U-L-L-E-T- -H-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.