burguesía

/[buɾɣ̞eˈsia]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,726

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

burguesía is aSpanishnoun. It means: Agrupación de los ciudadanos de la clase media acomodada. Pronounced [buɾɣ̞eˈsia]. Often confused with burgués and burguesa.

Key facts for burguesía
PropertyValue
Headwordburguesía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[buɾɣ̞eˈsia]
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,726
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for burguesía is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [buɾɣ̞eˈsia]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,726 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Agrupación de los ciudadanos de la clase media acomodada.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for burguesía, with forms such as "bburguesía", "bruguesía", and "bugruesía". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "burgués", "burguesa", "burgueses", 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 burguesía, spelled B-U-R-G-U-E-S-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agrupación de los ciudadanos de la clase media acomodada.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bburguesía,bruguesía,bugruesía,burgeusía,burgguesía,burguesaí,burguessía,burgueísa,burguseía,burrguesía,burugesía,ubrguesía,vurguesía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for burguesía

Misspelling Variants of "burguesía"

bburguesía10bruguesía9bugruesía9burgeusía9burgguesía10burguesaí9burguessía10burgueísa9
Misspelling Variants of "burguesía"

Frequency rank: #11,726 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "burguesía"?
"burguesía" is spelled B-U-R-G-U-E-S-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [buɾɣ̞eˈsia].
What does "burguesía" mean?
As a noun, "burguesía" means: Agrupación de los ciudadanos de la clase media acomodada.
What words are commonly confused with "burguesía"?
"burguesía" is commonly confused with "burgués", "burguesa", "burgueses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "burguesía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "burguesía" is [buɾɣ̞eˈsia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "burguesía" come from?
"burguesía" 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.