bruja

[ˈbɾuxa]

/[ˈbɾuxa]/ noun

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The verdict

“bruja” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,079
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mujer a la que se le atribuyen poderes mágicos y sobrenaturales, en la mayoría de los casos empleados para hacer el mal.

Corpus desk

Index ES-bruja · bruja · Spanish

bruja · rank #9,079 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,079
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH botones

Nearest frequency peer: botones (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “bruja”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “bruja” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bruja vs bula
60% similar
bruja vs bruto
60% similar
bruja vs Bruno
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bruja
PropertyValue
Headwordbruja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɾuxa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,079
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “bruja”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).brujacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “botones” (#9,078), “burro” (#9,080), “carecen” (#9,081). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “bruja” va en #9,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bruja (IPA [ˈbɾuxa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,079 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Mujer a la que se le atribuyen poderes mágicos y sobrenaturales, en la mayoría de los casos empleados para hacer el mal.
  2. 2
    Mujer fea, de edad avanzada o de trato difícil.
  3. 3
    Mujer con la que se tiene una mediocre relación de pareja.
  4. 4
    Suegra.
  5. 5
    Persona que delata a otra.
  6. 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.
  7. 7
    Esposa.
  8. 8
    Remolino o tolvanera propia del verano, especialmente cuando alcanza gran altura.
  9. 9
    Fregona (herramienta para limpiar el piso).

Synonyms

baudacuacogarza nocturna coroninegragarza brujabrujagaudaguacoguairaboguairaohuacohuadrahuairavomartinete comúnpedrete corona negrapedrete griswacanatolvaneraputaciegaputaviejafregonalampazotrapeadormechudomopa

This word in other languages

witch(English)sorcière(Français)Hexe(Deutsch)bruxa(Português)

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.

bbruja1brjua2brruja1bruaj2brujja1burja2rbuja2vruja1
Edit distance from "bruja"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bruja"?
"bruja" is spelled B-R-U-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɾuxa].
What does "bruja" mean?
As a noun, "bruja" means: Mujer a la que se le atribuyen poderes mágicos y sobrenaturales, en la mayoría de los casos empleados para hacer el mal.
What words are commonly confused with "bruja"?
"bruja" is commonly confused with "bula", "bruto", "Bruno". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bruja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bruja" is [ˈbɾuxa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bruja" come from?
"bruja" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bruja", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

burro#9,080Ávila#9,063varón#9,056south#9,043

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

caudal8 variantscerdos8 variantsazteca8 variantscráneo8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list