bubu
The verdict
“bubu” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,024 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,024
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ai de mim(!) (expressa tristeza, arrependimento ou dor)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bubu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #73,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bubu” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bubu is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,024 among 2,073 “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
- 1ai de mim(!) (expressa tristeza, arrependimento ou dor)
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.
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Using “bubu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-U-B-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.