buen

\ˈbwen\

/\ˈbwen\/ adj

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The verdict

“buen” is uncommon French (frequency #65,758 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,758
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de bueno utilisée devant les noms masculins singuliers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-buen · buen · French

buen · rank #65,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,758
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH buccales

Nearest frequency peer: buccales (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « buen »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « buen » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for buen
PropertyValue
Headwordbuen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈbwen\
Letters4
Frequency rank#65,758
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « buen » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).buentombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « buccales » (#65,757), « Burgundy » (#65,759), « Buc » (#65,756). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « buen » est au #65,758. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

buen is uncommon French at frequency #65,758 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈbwen\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de bueno utilisée devant les noms masculins singuliers.".

No misspelling variants are generated for buen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is buen, spelled B-U-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de bueno utilisée devant les noms masculins singuliers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how buen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Es un buen hombre.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "buen"?
"buen" is spelled B-U-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbwen\.
What does "buen" mean?
As an adjective, "buen" means: Variante de bueno utilisée devant les noms masculins singuliers.
How do you pronounce "buen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buen" is \ˈbwen\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buen" come from?
"buen" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "buen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blok#65,741cita#65,793balo#65,721bada#65,718

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list