puffball
/ˈpʌfˌbɔːl/noun
puffball is spelled P-U-F-F-B-A-L-L: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, puffball means “Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of puffball is puffballs.
How many letters and syllables are in puffball?
| Letters | 8: P-U-F-F-B-A-L-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is puffball?
Puffball appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce puffball?
- /ˈpʌfˌbɔːl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-puffball.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of puffball
- puffballs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does puffball mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.
- 2
Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
- 3
A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
- 4
Something lacking substance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Puffball in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of various fungi:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vesse-de-loup |
| German | Bofist, Bovist, Stäubling |
| Portuguese | bexiga-de-lobo, bufa-de-lobo, licoperdo |
| Spanish | pedo de lobo, cuesco de lobo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does puffball come from?
From puff + ball.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).