busca

/[ˈbuska]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#782

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

busca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de buscar. Pronounced [ˈbuska]. It ranks #782 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with bush and busco.

Key facts for busca
PropertyValue
Headwordbusca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbuska]
Letters5
Frequency rank#782
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for busca is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbuska]. Corpus data places it at rank #782 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for busca, with forms such as "bbusca", "bsuca", and "bucsa". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bush", "busco", "buses", 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 busca, spelled B-U-S-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de buscar.
  2. 2
    Proceso y resultado de seleccionar y recoger, entre escombros, desperdicios o basura, los materiales o cosas que pueden aprovecharse o reciclarse.
  3. 3
    Tropa de cazadores, monteros y perros, que recorre el monte para levantar la caza.
  4. 4
    Especie de perro que caza solo o sirve para seguir la caza.
  5. 5
    Empleo o trabajo remunerado que se toma o hace de forma ocasional o como complemento extra para el ingreso económico.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbusca,bsuca,bucsa,busac,buscca,bussca,ubsca,vusca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for busca

Misspelling Variants of "busca"

bbusca6bsuca5bucsa5busac5buscca6bussca6ubsca5vusca5
Misspelling Variants of "busca"

Frequency rank: #782 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "busca"?
"busca" is spelled B-U-S-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbuska].
What does "busca" mean?
As a noun, "busca" means: Acción o efecto de buscar.
What words are commonly confused with "busca"?
"busca" is commonly confused with "bush", "busco", "buses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "busca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "busca" is [ˈbuska]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "busca" come from?
"busca" 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.