buono

[ˈbwɔː.no]

/[ˈbwɔː.no]/ adj

The verdict

“buono” is uncommon French (frequency #91,475 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,475
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-buono · buono · French

buono · rank #91,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,475
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brûlerait

Nearest frequency peer: brûlerait (-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 « buono »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for buono
PropertyValue
Headwordbuono
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈbwɔː.no]
Letters5
Frequency rank#91,475
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « buono » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « brûlerait » (#91,474), « businessmen » (#91,477), « brougham » (#91,472). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « buono » est au #91,475. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

buono is uncommon French at frequency #91,475 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbwɔː.no]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bon.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for buono, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is buono, spelled B-U-O-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bon.

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 "buono"?
"buono" is spelled B-U-O-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbwɔː.no].
What does "buono" mean?
As an adjective, "buono" means: Bon.
How do you pronounce "buono"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buono" is [ˈbwɔː.no]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buono" come from?
"buono" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "buono", 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