búho

[ˈbuo]

/[ˈbuo]/ noun

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The verdict

“búho” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,125
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Strigidae) Ave nocturna, indígena de España, de unos 40 cm. de altura, de color mezclado de rojo y negro, calzada de plumas, con el pico corvo, los ojos grandes y colocados en la parte anterior de...

Corpus desk

Index ES-buho · búho · Spanish

búho · rank #27,125 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,125
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH búfalo

Nearest frequency peer: búfalo (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “búho”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “búho” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

búho vs bus
25% similar
búho vs but
25% similar
búho vs buy
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for búho
PropertyValue
Headwordbúho
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbuo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#27,125
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “búho”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).búhocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “búfalo” (#27,124), “caber” (#27,126), “calidades” (#27,127). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “búho” va en #27,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around búho (IPA [ˈbuo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,125 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for búho, with forms such as "bbúho", "bhúo", and "búhho". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bus", "but", "buy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is búho, spelled B-Ú-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Strigidae) Ave nocturna, indígena de España, de unos 40 cm. de altura, de color mezclado de rojo y negro, calzada de plumas, con el pico corvo, los ojos grandes y colocados en la parte anterior de la cabeza, sobre la cual tiene plumas alzadas que figuran orejas.
  2. 2
    Persona que tiende a acostarse tarde y levantarse tarde.
  3. 3
    Persona huraña.
  4. 4
    Descubridor o soplón.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how búho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Es decir, si un búho real ha consumido en una temporada diez conejos, cinco lagartos, dieciséis ratas , veinte ratones de campo, tres culebras, dos arrendajos, trece urracas, seis comadrejas, un turón, dos crías de zorro, una gineta y un gato montés, ¿cuántos huevos de perdiz o de paloma ha evitado que sean destruidos? ¿Cuántos pequeños gazapillos han so…
  2. «Solo se percibían allí el graznido del cuervo y la voz lúgubre del búho, hasta la yerba era amarga, y los ganados que la pacían no retozaban contentos al morderla».

Synonyms

carancholechuzatecolotetucúquereave nocturnatrasnochador

Antonyms

alondra

This word in other languages

owl(English)hibou(Français)Eule(Deutsch)coruja(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbúho
  • bhúo
  • búhho
  • búoh
  • vúho
  • úbho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of búho - 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.

bbúho1bhúo2búhho1búoh2vúho1úbho2
Edit distance from "búho"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "búho"?
"búho" is spelled B-Ú-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbuo].
What does "búho" mean?
As a noun, "búho" means: (Strigidae) Ave nocturna, indígena de España, de unos 40 cm. de altura, de color mezclado de rojo y negro, calzada de plumas, con el pico corvo, los ojos grandes y colocados en la parte anterior de...
What words are commonly confused with "búho"?
"búho" is commonly confused with "bus", "but", "buy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "búho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "búho" is [ˈbuo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "búho" come from?
"búho" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "búho", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blah#27,112cesa#27,145wide#27,068dial#27,194

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

canse6 variantsabras6 variantstrail6 variantstennis6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list