Which to use
“Bus” is a noun and “buss” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,626
- “Bus” frequency rank
- #33,500
- “buss” frequency rank
- 35126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Bus | buss |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | als Verkehrsmittel im öffentlichen Personennahverkehr eingesetztes vielsitziges, großes Kraftfahrzeug zur Beförderung einer größeren Anzahl von Personen | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bussen |
Same sound, different letters: Bus vs buss
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - Bus and buss
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: Bus and buss carry the same recorded pronunciation, [bʊs]. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Bus” sits inside “buss”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Bus is recorded at frequency rank #1,626, classified as anoun, pronounced [bʊs]. buss is at rank #33,500, tagged as averb, pronounced [bʊs].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 35126, this pair ranks #1,647,446 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Bus vs buss
Shared letters: bsu. Private to "Bus": -. Private to "buss": -.
"Bus" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "buss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- buss ← bbuss · bsus · buß · ubss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Bus" and "buss" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "Bus" / "buss". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "Bus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "buss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,647,446 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Bus" and "buss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "buss vs Bussi". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,647,446 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.