buena

/[ˈbwena]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#216

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

buena is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino de bueno. Pronounced [ˈbwena]. It ranks #216 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with buey and bula.

Key facts for buena
PropertyValue
Headwordbuena
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈbwena]
Letters5
Frequency rank#216
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for buena is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbwena]. Corpus data places it at rank #216 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de bueno.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for buena, with forms such as "bbuena", "beuna", and "buean". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "buey", "bula", "burn", 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 buena, spelled B-U-E-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de bueno.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbuena,beuna,buean,buenna,bunea,ubena,vuena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for buena

Misspelling Variants of "buena"

bbuena6beuna5buean5buenna6bunea5ubena5vuena5
Misspelling Variants of "buena"

Frequency rank: #216 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "buena"?
"buena" is spelled B-U-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbwena].
What does "buena" mean?
As an adj, "buena" means: Forma del femenino de bueno.
What words are commonly confused with "buena"?
"buena" is commonly confused with "buey", "bula", "burn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "buena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buena" is [ˈbwena]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buena" come from?
"buena" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Spanish index:

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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.