bullfrog
/ˈbʊlfɹɒɡ/
"bullfrog" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bullfrog” is uncommon English (frequency #63,484 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,484
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bullfrog · bullfrog · English
bullfrog · rank #63,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,484
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH BTEC
Nearest frequency peer: BTEC (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “bullfrog”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- breathy
breathy
36,522 corpus weight
- BTEC
BTEC
36,518 corpus weight
- bullfrog
bullfrog
36,517 corpus weight
- businesslike
businesslike
36,516 corpus weight
- Callen
Callen
36,513 corpus weight
- cannoli
cannoli
36,511 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bullfrog” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bullfrog |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʊlfɹɒɡ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bullfrog” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bullfrog is uncommon English at frequency #63,484 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʊlfɹɒɡ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.".
bullfrog doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bull + frog. The correct English form is bullfrog, spelled B-U-L-L-F-R-O-G.
Definition
- 1Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bullfrog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The bull-frogs were also very large, and with voices proportionate to their size[.]
Etymology
From bull + frog.
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); 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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