bullies

/ˈbʊliz/

//ˈbʊliz// noun

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"bullies" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bullies” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,580
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of bully

Corpus desk

Index EN-bullies · bullies · English

bullies · rank #15,580 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,580
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH breadth

Nearest frequency peer: breadth (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “bullies”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “bullies” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bullies vs bulls
71% similar
bullies vs bullpen
71% similar
bullies vs bunnies
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bullies
PropertyValue
Headwordbullies
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbʊliz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,580
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “bullies”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).bullieslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “breadth” (#15,579), “buster” (#15,581), “cascade” (#15,582). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “bullies” is #15,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bullies (IPA /ˈbʊliz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,580 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of bully".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bullies, with forms such as "bbullies", "blulies", and "bulies". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "bulls", "bullpen", "bunnies", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 bullies, spelled B-U-L-L-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of bully

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbullies
  • blulies
  • bulies
  • buliles
  • bulleis
  • bulliess
  • bullise
  • ubllies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bullies - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbullies1blulies2bulies1buliles2bulleis2bulliess1bullise2ubllies2
Edit distance from "bullies"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bullies"?
"bullies" is spelled B-U-L-L-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbʊliz/.
What does "bullies" mean?
As a noun, "bullies" means: plural of bully
What words are commonly confused with "bullies"?
"bullies" is commonly confused with "bulls", "bullpen", "bunnies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bullies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bullies" is /ˈbʊliz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bullies" come from?
"bullies" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bullies", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

breadth#15,579cascade#15,582blurred#15,577blinded#15,576

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

aspire8 variantscrows8 variantsAddison8 variantswharf8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list