bufón
[buˈfõn]
The verdict
“bufón” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,532. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,532
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cómico cuyo trabajo consistía en hacer reír al rey.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bufon · bufón · Spanish
bufón · rank #32,532 · 8 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,532
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH burocrática
Nearest frequency peer: burocrática (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “bufón”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- brindaron
brindaron
67,472 corpus weight
- broken
broken
67,471 corpus weight
- bufón
bufón
67,469 corpus weight
- burocrática
burocrática
67,468 corpus weight
- cachondo
cachondo
67,466 corpus weight
- califato
califato
67,465 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bufón” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bufón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [buˈfõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “bufón” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around bufón (IPA [buˈfõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,532 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bufón, with forms such as "bbufón", "bfuón", and "buffón". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "buzo", "buró", "búho", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is bufón, spelled B-U-F-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Cómico cuyo trabajo consistía en hacer reír al rey.
- 2Persona que con observaciones, narraciones y gestos histriónicos o groseros se ocupa de hacer reír.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbufón
- bfuón
- buffón
- bufnó
- bufónn
- buófn
- ubfón
- vufón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bufón - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bufón", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "bufón". Here's where to go from here.
- "bufón" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "buzo". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #32,532 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.