buona notte

/ˈbwɔ.na ˈnɔt.te/

//ˈbwɔ.na ˈnɔt.te// intj

The verdict

“buona notte” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Buenas noches₂.

Key facts for buona notte
PropertyValue
Headwordbuona notte
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechInterjection
IPA/ˈbwɔ.na ˈnɔt.te/
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “buona notte” sits in Spanish frequency

buona notte falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for buona notte is 11 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbwɔ.na ˈnɔt.te/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Buenas noches₂.".

No misspelling variants are generated for buona notte in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 buona notte, spelled B-U-O-N-A- -N-O-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Buenas noches₂.

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "buona notte"?
"buona notte" is spelled B-U-O-N-A- -N-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbwɔ.na ˈnɔt.te/.
What does "buona notte" mean?
As an interjection, "buona notte" means: Buenas noches₂.
How do you pronounce "buona notte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buona notte" is /ˈbwɔ.na ˈnɔt.te/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buona notte" come from?
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Using “buona notte”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-O-N-A- -N-O-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈbwɔ.na ˈnɔt.te/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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