burbuja
[buɾˈβ̞uxa]
The verdict
“burbuja” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,107 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,107
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pequeña bola de aire o gas que se forma dentro de un líquido y asciende a la superficie, o que se forma en el aire rodeado de una finísima película de líquido.
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 | burbuja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [buɾˈβ̞uxa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “burbuja” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for burbuja is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [buɾˈβ̞uxa]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,107 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for burbuja, with forms such as "bburbuja", "brubuja", and "bubruja". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "burbujas", "bruja", "barbuda", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is burbuja, spelled B-U-R-B-U-J-A.
Definition
- 1Pequeña bola de aire o gas que se forma dentro de un líquido y asciende a la superficie, o que se forma en el aire rodeado de una finísima película de líquido.
- 2Lugar absolutamente estéril y cerrado, para aislar a un enfermo que carece de defensas inmunológicas contra los gérmenes.
- 3Efecto por el cual, mediante especulación con los precios y la oferta de algún bien, se crea una sensación irreal de desarrollo económico.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bburbuja,brubuja,bubruja,burbbuja,burbjua,burbuaj,burbujja,burrbuja,burubja,ubrbuja,vurvuja
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of burbuja - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “burbuja”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-R-B-U-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [buɾˈβ̞uxa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “burbujas” - see the side-by-side comparison. burbuja vs burbujas
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.