buenos días
\ˈbwe.nos ˈdi.as\
The verdict
“buenos días” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bonjour.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buenos días |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \ˈbwe.nos ˈdi.as\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “buenos días” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
buenos días is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \ˈbwe.nos ˈdi.as\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bonjour.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for buenos días, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is buenos días, spelled B-U-E-N-O-S- -D-Í-A-S.
Definition
- 1Bonjour.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “buenos días”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-U-E-N-O-S- -D-Í-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈbwe.nos ˈdi.as\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.