buscar
[busˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“buscar” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #720 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #720
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Esforzarse por encontrar o hallar algo o a alguien; intentar establecer dónde está.
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 | buscar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [busˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “buscar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for buscar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [busˈkaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #720 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for buscar, with forms such as "bbuscar", "bsucar", and "bucsar". 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, "busco", "buscará", "buscaron", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is buscar, spelled B-U-S-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Esforzarse por encontrar o hallar algo o a alguien; intentar establecer dónde está.
- 2Hacer lo posible o necesario para obtener o conseguir algo.
- 3Pasar por una persona para llevarla a otro lugar.
- 4Llamar a una persona.
- 5Crear o causar una situación que produce cierto resultado, especialmente relacionado con enojo, riña o contrariedad.
- 6Robar o hurtar con engaños, de modo ratero y astuto, con mañas o artimañas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbuscar,bsucar,bucsar,busacr,buscarr,busccar,buscra,busscar,ubscar,vuscar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buscar - 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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Using “buscar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-S-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [busˈkaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “busco” - see the side-by-side comparison. buscar vs busco
- 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.