buka
"buka" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buka” is uncommon English (frequency #91,321 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,321
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The short introduction to a gamelan piece, generally played by a single instrument in a free rhythm, with the kendhang coming in on the last few notes to set the tempo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buka |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “buka” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
buka is uncommon English at frequency #91,321 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The short introduction to a gamelan piece, generally played by a single instrument in a free rhythm, with the kendhang coming in on the last few notes to set the tempo.".
buka has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Javanese [Term?]. The correct English form is buka, spelled B-U-K-A.
Definition
- 1The short introduction to a gamelan piece, generally played by a single instrument in a free rhythm, with the kendhang coming in on the last few notes to set the tempo.
Etymology
From Javanese [Term?].
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 “buka”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-U-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.