Bulliten or bulletin?
Did you mean bulletin? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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bulliten
Correct
bulletin
Correct spelling: bulletin. Misspelling: bulliten.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Bullet + in: the first part is spelled like a bullet.
Why people write “bulliten”
“bulliten” has the right letters in the wrong places: the E and the I trade positions.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make bulletin automatic.
Other misspellings of “bulletin”
People also write “bulletine”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“bulletine”
Correct spelling: bulletin. Misspelling: bulletine.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “bulletine” is only one letter off: it adds an extra vowel, E.
What does “bulletin” mean?
bulletin noun
- a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
bulletin verb
- make public by bulletin
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Bulletin” in a sentence
- The news bulletin interrupted the show.
Is “bulletin” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“bulliten” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from BULLETIN.