buena

\ˈbwe.na\

/\ˈbwe.na\/ adj

The verdict

“buena” is uncommon French (frequency #62,828 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,828
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de bueno.

Corpus desk

Index FR-buena · buena · French

buena · rank #62,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,828
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bruxelloises

Nearest frequency peer: bruxelloises (-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 « buena »

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 « buena » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for buena
PropertyValue
Headwordbuena
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈbwe.na\
Letters5
Frequency rank#62,828
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « buena » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.buenatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bruxelloises » (#62,827), « bâlois » (#62,830), « brisure » (#62,825). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « buena » est au #62,828. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

buena is uncommon French at frequency #62,828 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈbwe.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de bueno.".

Zero misspellings are on record for buena in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is buena, spelled B-U-E-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de bueno.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La ciudad no es buena para los que os habéis criado en el campo.

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 "buena"?
"buena" is spelled B-U-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbwe.na\.
What does "buena" mean?
As an adjective, "buena" means: Féminin singulier de bueno.
How do you pronounce "buena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buena" is \ˈbwe.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buena" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list