bullet point
"bullet-point" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bullet point” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The symbol, typically a solid circle, that marks each item in a bulleted list.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bullet point |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bullet point” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bullet point is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
bullet point doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is bullet point, spelled B-U-L-L-E-T- -P-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1The symbol, typically a solid circle, that marks each item in a bulleted list.
- 2An item in a bulleted list.
- 3A succinct statement of the kind that might appear in a bulleted list.
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 point”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-U-L-L-E-T- -P-O-I-N-T - 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.