bullicio

/[buˈʝisjo]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,914

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

bullicio is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ruido fuerte que hace una persona o un grupo, generalmente con sus voces o animación. Pronounced [buˈʝisjo].

Key facts for bullicio
PropertyValue
Headwordbullicio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[buˈʝisjo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,914
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bullicio is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [buˈʝisjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,914 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for bullicio, with forms such as "bbullicio", "blulicio", and "bulicio". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 bullicio, spelled B-U-L-L-I-C-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ruido fuerte que hace una persona o un grupo, generalmente con sus voces o animación.
  2. 2
    Situación de desorden público producida por un grupo de personas o por una multitud, a veces en protesta o rebelión.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbullicio,blulicio,bulicio,bulilcio,bullciio,bulliccio,bullicoi,bulliico,bullisio,ubllicio,vullicio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bullicio

Misspelling Variants of "bullicio"

bbullicio9blulicio8bulicio7bulilcio8bullciio8bulliccio9bullicoi8bulliico8
Misspelling Variants of "bullicio"

Frequency rank: #35,914 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bullicio"?
"bullicio" is spelled B-U-L-L-I-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [buˈʝisjo].
What does "bullicio" mean?
As a noun, "bullicio" means: Ruido fuerte que hace una persona o un grupo, generalmente con sus voces o animación.
What are common misspellings of "bullicio"?
Common misspellings include "bbullicio", "blulicio", "bulicio", "bulilcio", "bullciio". The correct spelling is "bullicio".
How do you pronounce "bullicio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bullicio" is [buˈʝisjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bullicio" come from?
"bullicio" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.