buk
noun
buk is spelled B-U-K: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, buk means “a traditional Korean drum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of buk is buks.
How many letters and syllables are in buk?
| Letters | 3: B-U-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,337th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is buk?
Buk appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of buk
- buks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does buk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a traditional Korean drum
noun
- 1
A type of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system from the Soviet Union.
But systems like our S-300 V, Buk-M1, Tor, and Osa actually destroyed all the targets with a single missile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does buk come from?
Borrowed from Korean 북 (buk).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).