bundle of joy
"bundle-of-joy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bundle of joy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A newborn baby.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bundle-of-joy · bundle of joy · English
bundle of joy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bundle of joy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bundle of joy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bundle of joy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
bundle of joy has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is bundle of joy, spelled B-U-N-D-L-E- -O-F- -J-O-Y.
Definition
- 1A newborn baby.
- 2A child.
- 3A pet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bundle of joy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nature took its course, and Marie did give birth to a bundle of joy, but she soon discovered that motherhood was not all bliss.
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.