buscaste
[busˈkast̪e]
The verdict
“buscaste” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #38,541. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,541
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de buscar.
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 | buscaste |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [busˈkast̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “buscaste” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around buscaste (IPA [busˈkast̪e]), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,541 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de buscar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for buscaste, with forms such as "bbuscaste", "bsucaste", and "bucsaste". 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, "búscame", "buscarme", "buscarse", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is buscaste, spelled B-U-S-C-A-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de buscar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbuscaste
- bsucaste
- bucsaste
- busacste
- buscaset
- buscasste
- buscastte
- buscatse
- busccaste
- buscsate
- busscaste
- ubscaste
- vuscaste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buscaste - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “buscaste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-S-C-A-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [busˈkast̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “búscame” - see the side-by-side comparison. buscaste vs búscame
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.