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 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,536
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An island and dependency of Antigua and Barbuda. Largest city: Codrington.
Corpus desk
Index EN-barbuda · Barbuda · English
Barbuda · rank #58,536 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,536
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Banach
Nearest frequency peer: Banach (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Barbuda”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ballinger
Ballinger
41,468 corpus weight
- balustrade
balustrade
41,467 corpus weight
- Banach
Banach
41,466 corpus weight
- Barbuda
Barbuda
41,465 corpus weight
- Barents
Barents
41,464 corpus weight
- bathers
bathers
41,461 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Barbuda” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Barbuda” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Barbuda is uncommon English at frequency #58,536 among 4,121 “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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