buitres
[ˈbwit̪ɾes]
The verdict
“buitres” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,643. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,643
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de buitre.
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 | buitres |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbwit̪ɾes] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “buitres” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around buitres (IPA [ˈbwit̪ɾes]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,643 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de buitre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for buitres, with forms such as "bbuitres", "biutres", and "buirtes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "buitre", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is buitres, spelled B-U-I-T-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de buitre.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbuitres
- biutres
- buirtes
- buiters
- buitress
- buitrres
- buitrse
- buittres
- butires
- ubitres
- vuitres
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buitres - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “buitres”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-I-T-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbwit̪ɾes] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “buitre” - see the side-by-side comparison. buitres vs buitre
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.