Bucharest
/ˌb(j)uːkəˈɹɛst/
"bucharest" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bucharest” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,911. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,911
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The capital city of Romania.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bucharest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌb(j)uːkəˈɹɛst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bucharest” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Bucharest (IPA /ˌb(j)uːkəˈɹɛst/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,911 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bucharest, with forms such as "bbucharest", "bcuharest", and "bucahrest". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Russian Бухаре́ст (Buxarést), from Romanian București, from Bucur (personal name) + -ești (patronymic, personal name suffix). The correct English form is Bucharest, spelled B-U-C-H-A-R-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1The capital city of Romania.
- 2The capital and largest city of Ilfov County, Romania.
- 3The Romanian government.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Бухаре́ст (Buxarést), from Romanian București, from Bucur (personal name) + -ești (patronymic, personal name suffix).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbucharest
- bcuharest
- bucahrest
- buccharest
- buchaerst
- bucharesst
- bucharestt
- bucharets
- bucharrest
- bucharset
- buchharest
- buchraest
- buhcarest
- ubcharest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bucharest - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Bucharest”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-U-C-H-A-R-E-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌb(j)uːkəˈɹɛst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.