bufones

/[buˈfones]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,260

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

bufones is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del masculino plural de bufón. Pronounced [buˈfones]. Often confused with Bulnes and bones.

Key facts for bufones
PropertyValue
Headwordbufones
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[buˈfones]
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,260
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bufones is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [buˈfones]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,260 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del masculino plural de bufón.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for bufones, with forms such as "bbufones", "bfuones", and "buffones". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Bulnes", "bones", "bufón", 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 bufones, spelled B-U-F-O-N-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del masculino plural de bufón.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbufones,bfuones,buffones,bufnoes,bufoens,bufoness,bufonnes,bufonse,buofnes,ubfones,vufones

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bufones

Misspelling Variants of "bufones"

bbufones8bfuones7buffones8bufnoes7bufoens7bufoness8bufonnes8bufonse7
Misspelling Variants of "bufones"

Frequency rank: #48,260 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bufones"?
"bufones" is spelled B-U-F-O-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [buˈfones].
What does "bufones" mean?
As an adj, "bufones" means: Forma del masculino plural de bufón.
What words are commonly confused with "bufones"?
"bufones" is commonly confused with "Bulnes", "bones", "bufón". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bufones"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bufones" is [buˈfones]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bufones" come from?
"bufones" 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.