bufo
[ˈbufo]
The verdict
“bufo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,022 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,022
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante poco usada de bufón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bufo · bufo · Spanish
bufo · rank #77,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,022
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bríos
Nearest frequency peer: bríos (-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 “bufo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- brabante
brabante
22,983 corpus weight
- brindaban
brindaban
22,981 corpus weight
- bríos
bríos
22,980 corpus weight
- bufo
bufo
22,979 corpus weight
- burlada
burlada
22,978 corpus weight
- cadenita
cadenita
22,976 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “bufo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bufo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbufo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #77,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bufo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bufo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,022 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbufo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante poco usada de bufón.".
bufo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is bufo, spelled B-U-F-O.
Definition
- 1Variante poco usada de bufón.
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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