buró
[buˈɾo]
The verdict
“buró” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #26,739 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,739
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Escritorio que tiene una parte más alta que el tablero, provista de cajones, el cual se cierra levantando el propio tablero o, si este es fijo, mediante una cubierta de tablillas paralelas articula...
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 | buró |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [buˈɾo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “buró” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for buró is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [buˈɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,739 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 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for buró, with forms such as "bburó", "bruó", and "burró". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bus", "but", "buy", 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 buró, spelled B-U-R-Ó, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Escritorio que tiene una parte más alta que el tablero, provista de cajones, el cual se cierra levantando el propio tablero o, si este es fijo, mediante una cubierta de tablillas paralelas articuladas.
- 2En ciertas instituciones políticas, órgano colegiado de dirección.
- 3Mesa de noche.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bburó,bruó,burró,buór,ubró,vuró
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buró - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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PlainSpell, “buró, Spanish word data” (May 6, 2026). Derived from Wiktionary (kaikki.org, CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. https://plainspell.com/es/palabra/buro
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Using “buró”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-R-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [buˈɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bus” - see the side-by-side comparison. buró vs bus
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Spanish index: