bullets
\ˈbʊl.ɪts\
The verdict
“bullets” is uncommon French (frequency #92,502 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,502
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de bullet.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bullets |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbʊl.ɪts\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bullets” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bullets is uncommon French at frequency #92,502 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbʊl.ɪts\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de bullet.".
bullets doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bullets, spelled B-U-L-L-E-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de bullet.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bullets”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-U-L-L-E-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.