buzo
[ˈbuso]
The verdict
“buzo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #24,407 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,407
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona que practica o que vive del buceo.
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 | buzo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbuso] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #24,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “buzo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for buzo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbuso]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,407 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 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 buzo, with forms such as "bbuzo", "buoz", and "buzzo". 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, "buzz", "buzón", "buzos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is buzo, spelled B-U-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Persona que practica o que vive del buceo.
- 2Prenda de vestir de una pieza que cubre pecho, piernas y a veces brazos, empleada como uniforme protector.
- 3Por extensión, prenda similar de una pieza con que se viste a los bebés.
- 4Por extensión, conjunto de pantalón y chaqueta deportiva, de algodón o fibra sintética, utilizado como vestimenta informal o para hacer ejercicio.
- 5Parte inferior de un buzo₄.
- 6Parte superior de un buzo₄.
- 7(Auchenipterus spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies de peces silúridos de la familia de los aunqueniptéridos, que habitan las cuencas neotropicales de Sudamérica al este de los Andes.
- 8Ladrón diestro.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbuzo,buoz,buzzo,bzuo,ubzo,vuzo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buzo - 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 “buzo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-Z-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbuso] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “buzz” - see the side-by-side comparison. buzo vs buzz
- 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.