bruja
[ˈbɾuxa]
The verdict
“bruja” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,079 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,079
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mujer a la que se le atribuyen poderes mágicos y sobrenaturales, en la mayoría de los casos empleados para hacer el mal.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bruja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɾuxa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bruja” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for bruja is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɾuxa]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,079 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bruja, with forms such as "bbruja", "brjua", and "brruja". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bula", "bruto", "Bruno", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is bruja, spelled B-R-U-J-A.
Definition
- 1Mujer a la que se le atribuyen poderes mágicos y sobrenaturales, en la mayoría de los casos empleados para hacer el mal.
- 2Mujer fea, de edad avanzada o de trato difícil.
- 3Mujer con la que se tiene una mediocre relación de pareja.
- 4Suegra.
- 5Persona que delata a otra.
- 6(Nycticorax nycticorax) Ave pelecaniforme de la familia Ardeidae ampliamente distribuida por Eurasia, África y América. De tamaño medio (entre 60 y 65 cm), ojos de color rojo intenso, garganta, pecho y partes inferiores de un blanco puro; la parte superior de la cabeza y el dorso son de un gris oscuro; de la nuca le salen tres largas plumas blancas; las patas y pies son de color amarillo pálido (algo más intenso en época de cría), y el pico, fuerte aunque no excesivamente largo, es verdoso en la base y negro en la parte superior. Es notable la escasa longitud de su cuello, si lo comparamos con el de otras garzas como la garza real o la garceta común.
- 7Esposa.
- 8Remolino o tolvanera propia del verano, especialmente cuando alcanza gran altura.
- 9Fregona (herramienta para limpiar el piso).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbruja,brjua,brruja,bruaj,brujja,burja,rbuja,vruja
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bruja - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bruja”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-R-U-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbɾuxa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bula” - see the side-by-side comparison. bruja vs bula
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.