busco

/[ˈbusko]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,901

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

busco is aSpanishnoun. It means: Rastro que dejan los animales. Pronounced [ˈbusko]. It ranks #3,901 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with bush and buzo.

Key facts for busco
PropertyValue
Headwordbusco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbusko]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,901
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for busco is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbusko]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,901 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rastro que dejan los animales.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for busco, with forms such as "bbusco", "bsuco", and "bucso". 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", "buzo", "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 busco, spelled B-U-S-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rastro que dejan los animales.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbusco,bsuco,bucso,buscco,busoc,bussco,ubsco,vusco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for busco

Misspelling Variants of "busco"

bbusco6bsuco5bucso5buscco6busoc5bussco6ubsco5vusco5
Misspelling Variants of "busco"

Frequency rank: #3,901 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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