bulo
[ˈbulo]
The verdict
“bulo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #52,119 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,119
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de bulín (departamento).
| 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) |
Where “bulo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for bulo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbulo]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,119 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “bulo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbulo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.