buona

[ˈbwɔna]

/[ˈbwɔna]/ adj

The verdict

“buona” is uncommon German (frequency #88,746 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,746
frequency rank, German
72,680
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliche Form Singular des Adjektivs buono

Key facts for buona
PropertyValue
Headwordbuona
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈbwɔna]
Letters5
Frequency rank#88,746
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “buona” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). buona lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

buona is uncommon German at frequency #88,746 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbwɔna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Form Singular des Adjektivs buono".

No misspelling variants are generated for buona in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is buona, spelled B-U-O-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Form Singular des Adjektivs buono

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "buona"?
"buona" is spelled B-U-O-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbwɔna].
What does "buona" mean?
As an adjective, "buona" means: weibliche Form Singular des Adjektivs buono
How do you pronounce "buona"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buona" is [ˈbwɔna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buona" come from?
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Using “buona”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-U-O-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈbwɔna] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list