buitre

/[ˈbwit̪ɾe]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,289

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

buitre is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cualquiera de una veintena de especies de aves rapaces de hábitos carroñeros, de característico cuello pelado; forman un grupo polifilético, en el que se cuentan aves de la familia de los accipítri... Pronounced [ˈbwit̪ɾe]. Often confused with buitres.

Key facts for buitre
PropertyValue
Headwordbuitre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbwit̪ɾe]
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,289
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for buitre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbwit̪ɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,289 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for buitre, with forms such as "bbuitre", "biutre", and "buirte". 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, "buitres", 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 buitre, spelled B-U-I-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquiera de una veintena de especies de aves rapaces de hábitos carroñeros, de característico cuello pelado; forman un grupo polifilético, en el que se cuentan aves de la familia de los accipítridos en el Viejo Mundo, y de la familia de los catártidos en el Nuevo.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, persona rapaz y codiciosa.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbuitre,biutre,buirte,buiter,buitrre,buittre,butire,ubitre,vuitre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for buitre

Misspelling Variants of "buitre"

bbuitre7biutre6buirte6buiter6buitrre7buittre7butire6ubitre6
Misspelling Variants of "buitre"

Frequency rank: #20,289 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "buitre"?
"buitre" is spelled B-U-I-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbwit̪ɾe].
What does "buitre" mean?
As a noun, "buitre" means: Cualquiera de una veintena de especies de aves rapaces de hábitos carroñeros, de característico cuello pelado; forman un grupo polifilético, en el que se cuentan aves de la familia de los accipítri...
What words are commonly confused with "buitre"?
"buitre" is commonly confused with "buitres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "buitre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buitre" is [ˈbwit̪ɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buitre" come from?
"buitre" 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.