bulo
[ˈbulo]
The verdict
“bulo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,119 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,119
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de bulín (departamento).
Corpus desk
Index ES-bulo · bulo · Spanish
bulo · rank #52,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,119
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bras
Nearest frequency peer: bras (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “bulo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- borrosas
borrosas
47,887 corpus weight
- boscosa
boscosa
47,886 corpus weight
- bras
bras
47,883 corpus weight
- bulo
bulo
47,882 corpus weight
- Bética
Bética
47,879 corpus weight
- cajuela
cajuela
47,878 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “bulo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bulo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbulo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bulo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bulo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,119 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de bulín (departamento).".
bulo has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is bulo, spelled B-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Variante de bulín (departamento).
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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