bucko
/ˈbʌkəʊ/
"bucko" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bucko” is uncommon English (frequency #77,485 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,485
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A boastful or bullying man.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bucko · bucko · English
bucko · rank #77,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,485
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH budged
Nearest frequency peer: budged (+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 “bucko”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- brickman
brickman
22,521 corpus weight
- bucko
bucko
22,516 corpus weight
- budged
budged
22,515 corpus weight
- buffoonery
buffoonery
22,514 corpus weight
- buncombe
buncombe
22,512 corpus weight
- bureaux
bureaux
22,509 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bucko” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bucko |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʌkəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bucko” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bucko is uncommon English at frequency #77,485 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʌkəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bucko, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From buck (“male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man”) + -o (colloquializing suffix). The correct English form is bucko, spelled B-U-C-K-O.
Definition
- 1A boastful or bullying man.
- 2Used as a term of address: young lad, friend, pal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bucko appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A far cry from the miserable existance^([sic – meaning existence]) of the common sailor brought about by bucko mates and bible preaching captains on the large ocean-going vessels, life aboard a doghole wasn't for everyone and losing your ship on the rocks or being rolled like a cork on a big wave chased many back to the open sea with an indelible meaning…
And the poor spailpin fanach running like the devil, his clothes tearing on briars and brambles, and his feet soaking and dirty water running out of his boots, and the three big buckos giving him every dirty look if he fustered or faltered, looks that'd sour milk or peel paint from walls.
Etymology
From buck (“male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man”) + -o (colloquializing suffix).
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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