# buffet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʊf.eɪ/ · frequency rank #14,079

## Definitions
1. A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
2. Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
3. A small low stool; a hassock.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English buffet (“stool”), from Middle French buffet (“side table”), from Old French buffet, of unknown origin. The modern pronunciation is remodelled after modern French buffet.

## Easily confused with
- **buffy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffet-vs-buffy)
- **buffs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffet-vs-buffs)
- **bullet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffet-vs-bullet)
- **buffon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffet-vs-buffon)
- **burnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffet-vs-burnet)
- **Buffett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffet-vs-buffett)
- **buff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buff-vs-buffet)
- **budget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budget-vs-buffet)
- **bucket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucket-vs-buffet)
- **buffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-buffet)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbuffet`, `bfufet`, `bufeft`, `bufet`, `buffte`, `ubffet`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/buffet