bucle

/[ˈbukle]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,288

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

bucle is aSpanishnoun. It means: Mechón rizado de cabello en forma de muelle. Pronounced [ˈbukle]. Often confused with bue and bull.

Key facts for bucle
PropertyValue
Headwordbucle
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbukle]
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,288
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bucle in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bucle is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbukle]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,288 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for bucle, with forms such as "bbucle", "bcule", and "buccle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "bue", "bull", "bula", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is bucle, spelled B-U-C-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mechón rizado de cabello en forma de muelle.
  2. 2
    Sentencia que permite ejecutar una o más instrucciones, varias veces.
  3. 3
    Tejido de aspecto abotonado obtenido con hilos de fantasía formando bucles, que se emplea para vestidos y abrigos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbucle,bcule,buccle,bucel,buclle,bulce,ubcle,vucle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bucle

Misspelling Variants of "bucle"

bbucle6bcule5buccle6bucel5buclle6bulce5ubcle5vucle5
Misspelling Variants of "bucle"

Frequency rank: #20,288 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bucle"?
"bucle" is spelled B-U-C-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbukle].
What does "bucle" mean?
As a noun, "bucle" means: Mechón rizado de cabello en forma de muelle.
What words are commonly confused with "bucle"?
"bucle" is commonly confused with "bue", "bull", "bula". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bucle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bucle" is [ˈbukle]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bucle" come from?
"bucle" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.