# bulletin

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʊl.ə.tən/ · frequency rank #9,715

## Definitions
1. A short report, especially one released through official channels to be immediately broadcast or publicized.
2. A time-sensitive news item or short news report.
3. A short printed publication, especially one produced regularly by an organization.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French bulletin. By surface analysis, bull (“ball”) + -et (“diminutive”) + -in (“diminutive”).

## Easily confused with
- **bullets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulletin-vs-bullets)
- **bullet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bullet-vs-bulletin)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbulletin`, `bluletin`, `buleltin`, `buletin`, `bulleitn`, `bulletinn`, `bulletni`, `bullettin`, `bulltein`, `ublletin`

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