building

//ˈbɪl.dɪŋ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,680

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

building is aSpanishnoun. It means: Edificio, construcción. Pronounced /ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/. Often confused with bullying.

Key facts for building
PropertyValue
Headwordbuilding
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,680
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for building is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #31,680 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Edificio, construcción.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for building, with forms such as "bbuilding", "biulding", and "buidling". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bullying", 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 building, spelled B-U-I-L-D-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Edificio, construcción.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbuilding,biulding,buidling,buildding,buildign,buildingg,buildinng,buildnig,builidng,buillding,buliding,ubilding,vuilding

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for building

Misspelling Variants of "building"

bbuilding9biulding8buidling8buildding9buildign8buildingg9buildinng9buildnig8
Misspelling Variants of "building"

Frequency rank: #31,680 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "building"?
"building" is spelled B-U-I-L-D-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/.
What does "building" mean?
As a noun, "building" means: Edificio, construcción.
What words are commonly confused with "building"?
"building" is commonly confused with "bullying". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "building"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "building" is /ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "building" come from?
"building" 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.