"Buffington" is spelled with a sequence of sounds that can be represented in IPA phonetic transcription as bʌfɪŋtən. The initial sound is the voiced bilabial stop /b/, followed by the mid-central vowel /ʌ/. Then comes the voiceless alveolar fricative /f/, followed by the close front unrounded vowel /ɪ/. The next sound is the velar nasal /ŋ/, followed by the voiceless alveolar plosive /t/. Finally, the word ends with the reduced vowel schwa /ə/ and the voiced alveolar nasal /n/.