buques

/[ˈbukes]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,630

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

buques is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de buque. Pronounced [ˈbukes]. It ranks #6,630 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with buses and busqué.

Key facts for buques
PropertyValue
Headwordbuques
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbukes]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,630
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for buques is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbukes]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,630 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de buque.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for buques, with forms such as "bbuques", "bquues", and "buqeus". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "buses", "busqué", "busquen", and more, 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 buques, spelled B-U-Q-U-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de buque.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbuques,bquues,buqeus,buqques,buquess,buquse,buuqes,ubques,vuques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for buques

Misspelling Variants of "buques"

bbuques7bquues6buqeus6buqques7buquess7buquse6buuqes6ubques6
Misspelling Variants of "buques"

Frequency rank: #6,630 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "buques"?
"buques" is spelled B-U-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbukes].
What does "buques" mean?
As a noun, "buques" means: Forma del plural de buque.
What words are commonly confused with "buques"?
"buques" is commonly confused with "buses", "busqué", "busquen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "buques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buques" is [ˈbukes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buques" come from?
"buques" 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.