bush

[bʊʃ]

/[bʊʃ]/ noun

The verdict

“bush” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,342. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,342
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Busch, der Strauch, das Gebüsch

Corpus desk

Index DE-bush · bush · German

bush · rank #9,342 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,342
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bullen

Nearest frequency peer: Bullen (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „bush“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „bush“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bush vs but
50% similar
bush vs buy
50% similar
bush vs buss
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bush
PropertyValue
Headwordbush
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʊʃ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,342
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bush“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bushliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bullen“ (#9,341), „cash“ (#9,343), „Björn“ (#9,340). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bush“ bei #9,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bush (IPA [bʊʃ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,342 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bush, with forms such as "bbush", "bsuh", and "buhs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "but", "buy", "buss", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is bush, spelled B-U-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Busch, der Strauch, das Gebüsch
  2. 2
    Bezeichnung für wilde Landschaft in Afrika, Kanada und Australien

Synonyms

shrub

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbush
  • bsuh
  • buhs
  • bushh
  • bussh
  • ubsh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bush - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbush1bsuh2buhs2bushh1bussh1ubsh2
Edit distance from "bush"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bush"?
"bush" is spelled B-U-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is [bʊʃ].
What does "bush" mean?
As a noun, "bush" means: der Busch, der Strauch, das Gebüsch
What words are commonly confused with "bush"?
"bush" is commonly confused with "but", "buy", "buss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bush"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bush" is [bʊʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bush" come from?
"bush" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list