Barbuda
/bɑːˈb(j)uː.də/
"barbuda" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Barbuda” is uncommon English (frequency #58,536 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,536
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An island and dependency of Antigua and Barbuda. Largest city: Codrington.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Barbuda |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /bɑːˈb(j)uː.də/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Barbuda” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Barbuda is uncommon English at frequency #58,536 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /bɑːˈb(j)uː.də/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An island and dependency of Antigua and Barbuda. Largest city: Codrington.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Barbuda in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-? Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ Proto-Italic *farβā Vulgar Latin barba Vulgar Latin -ūtus Vulgar Latin *barbūtus Spanish barbudo Spanish barbudabor. English Barbuda From Spanish barbuda (“bearded”), referring perha… The correct English form is Barbuda, spelled B-A-R-B-U-D-A.
Definition
- 1An island and dependency of Antigua and Barbuda. Largest city: Codrington.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-? Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ Proto-Italic *farβā Vulgar Latin barba Vulgar Latin -ūtus Vulgar Latin *barbūtus Spanish barbudo Spanish barbudabor. English Barbuda From Spanish barbuda (“bearded”), referring perhaps to natives' beards or fig trees. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus. Compare Lombardy. Doublet of Barbados.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Barbuda”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-A-R-B-U-D-A - 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.