bulla

/[ˈbuʝa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,505

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bulla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ruido o confusión, en particular los producidos por una persona o grupo de personas al gritar, cantar, etc. Pronounced [ˈbuʝa]. Often confused with busca and burla.

Key facts for bulla
PropertyValue
Headwordbulla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbuʝa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,505
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bulla in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bulla is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbuʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,505 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for bulla, with forms such as "bbulla", "blula", and "bulal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "busca", "burla", "bulto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is bulla, spelled B-U-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ruido o confusión, en particular los producidos por una persona o grupo de personas al gritar, cantar, etc.
  2. 2
    Confluencia de muchas personas en un lugar y tiempo.
  3. 3
    Urgencia de hacer algo con rapidez.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbulla,blula,bulal,ublla,vulla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bulla

Misspelling Variants of "bulla"

bbulla6blula5bulal5ublla5vulla5
Misspelling Variants of "bulla"

Frequency rank: #27,505 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bulla"?
"bulla" is spelled B-U-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbuʝa].
What does "bulla" mean?
As a noun, "bulla" means: Ruido o confusión, en particular los producidos por una persona o grupo de personas al gritar, cantar, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "bulla"?
"bulla" is commonly confused with "busca", "burla", "bulto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bulla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bulla" is [ˈbuʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bulla" come from?
"bulla" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.