bug
[ˈbuɣ̞]
The verdict
“bug” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #24,762 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,762
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Error, defecto o anomalía en el código de un programa informático.
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 | bug |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbuɣ̞] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #24,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bug” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for bug is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbuɣ̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,762 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Error, defecto o anomalía en el código de un programa informático.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bug, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "bus", "but", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is bug, spelled B-U-G.
Definition
- 1Error, defecto o anomalía en el código de un programa informático.
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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Using “bug”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbuɣ̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “by” - see the side-by-side comparison. bug vs by
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.