bufet
[buˈfet̪]
The verdict
“bufet” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,671 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,671
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comida servida y dispuesta generalmente sobre una mesa, junto con su cubertería, que consiste principalmente en que los comensales se sirven a discreción de los alimentos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bufet · bufet · Spanish
bufet · rank #91,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,671
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH buenito
Nearest frequency peer: buenito (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “bufet”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- brasier
brasier
8,338 corpus weight
- Briana
Briana
8,336 corpus weight
- buenito
buenito
8,331 corpus weight
- bufet
bufet
8,330 corpus weight
- bávara
bávara
8,324 corpus weight
- cabalgaba
cabalgaba
8,322 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “bufet” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bufet |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [buˈfet̪] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bufet” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bufet is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,671 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [buˈfet̪]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bufet in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is bufet, spelled B-U-F-E-T.
Definition
- 1Comida servida y dispuesta generalmente sobre una mesa, junto con su cubertería, que consiste principalmente en que los comensales se sirven a discreción de los alimentos.
- 2Mesa en la que se sirve el bufet₁.
- 3Local o despacho donde se sirven aperitivos o comidas ligeras.
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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