bubu

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The verdict

“bubu” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,024 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,024
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ai de mim(!) (expressa tristeza, arrependimento ou dor)

Corpus desk

Index PT-bubu · bubu · Portuguese

bubu · rank #73,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,024
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bonobo

Nearest frequency peer: bonobo (-10 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “bubu”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bubu” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bubu
PropertyValue
Headwordbubu
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters4
Frequency rank#73,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bubu” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).bubucai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “bonobo” (#73,014), “bizarre” (#73,008), “biqueira” (#73,004). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bubu” fica em #73,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bubu is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,024 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ai de mim(!) (expressa tristeza, arrependimento ou dor)".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bubu in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is bubu, spelled B-U-B-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    ai de mim(!) (expressa tristeza, arrependimento ou dor)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Bubu, mor kurbet i zi!

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bubu"?
"bubu" is spelled B-U-B-U.
What does "bubu" mean?
As an interjection, "bubu" means: ai de mim(!) (expressa tristeza, arrependimento ou dor)
What language does "bubu" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

curo#73,107über#72,901esti#73,193tusa#72,848

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list