Bussi

/[ˈbʊsi]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,542

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Bussi is aGermannoun. It means: ein Kuss (nicht erotisch), meist auf die Wange; wird auch als Abschiedsgruß im privaten Briefverkehr verwendet. Pronounced [ˈbʊsi]. Often confused with Büste and Bus.

Key facts for Bussi
PropertyValue
HeadwordBussi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʊsi]
Letters5
Frequency rank#49,542
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Bussi in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bussi is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʊsi]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,542 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Kuss (nicht erotisch), meist auf die Wange; wird auch als Abschiedsgruß im privaten Briefverkehr verwendet.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bussi, with forms such as "bbussi", "bsusi", and "busi". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Büste", "Bus", "Boss", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bussi, spelled B-U-S-S-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Kuss (nicht erotisch), meist auf die Wange; wird auch als Abschiedsgruß im privaten Briefverkehr verwendet.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbussi,bsusi,busi,busis,bußi,ubssi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bussi

Misspelling Variants of "Bussi"

bbussi6bsusi5busi4busis5bußi4ubssi5
Misspelling Variants of "Bussi"

Frequency rank: #49,542 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bussi"?
"Bussi" is spelled B-U-S-S-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʊsi].
What does "Bussi" mean?
As a noun, "Bussi" means: ein Kuss (nicht erotisch), meist auf die Wange; wird auch als Abschiedsgruß im privaten Briefverkehr verwendet.
What words are commonly confused with "Bussi"?
"Bussi" is commonly confused with "Büste", "Bus", "Boss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bussi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bussi" is [ˈbʊsi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bussi" come from?
"Bussi" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.