bulbo

//ˈbul.bɔ/./ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,222

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

bulbo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: cebola², bulbo, bolbo Pronounced /ˈbul.bɔ/.. Often confused with bule and burro.

Key facts for bulbo
PropertyValue
Headwordbulbo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbul.bɔ/.
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,222
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bulbo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for bulbo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbul.bɔ/.. Corpus data places it at rank #45,222 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "cebola², bulbo, bolbo".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for bulbo, with forms such as "bbulbo", "blubo", and "bublo". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "bule", "burro", "Butão", 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 Portuguese form is bulbo, spelled B-U-L-B-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    cebola², bulbo, bolbo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbulbo,blubo,bublo,bulbbo,bullbo,bulob,ublbo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bulbo

Misspelling Variants of "bulbo"

bbulbo6blubo5bublo5bulbbo6bullbo6bulob5ublbo5
Misspelling Variants of "bulbo"

Frequency rank: #45,222 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bulbo"?
"bulbo" is spelled B-U-L-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbul.bɔ/..
What does "bulbo" mean?
As a noun, "bulbo" means: cebola², bulbo, bolbo
What words are commonly confused with "bulbo"?
"bulbo" is commonly confused with "bule", "burro", "Butão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bulbo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bulbo" is /ˈbul.bɔ/.. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bulbo" come from?
"bulbo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese 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.