Which to use
“blushes” and “bushes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,456
- “blushes” frequency rank
- #13,291
- “bushes” frequency rank
- 49747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blushes | bushes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of blush | plural of bush |
Where the eye mixes blushes and bushes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. blushes runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against bushes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: blushes vs bushes
A purely visual mix-up. blushes (/ˈblʌʃɪz/) and bushes (/ˈbʊʃɪz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blushes is recorded at frequency rank #36,456, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈblʌʃɪz/. bushes is at rank #13,291, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbʊʃɪz/.
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 49747, this pair ranks #180,710 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of blushes vs bushes
Shared letters: behsu. Private to "blushes": l. Private to "bushes": -.
"blushes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "bushes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "blushes" for "bushes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "blushes" vs "bushes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "blushes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bushes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #180,710 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blushes" and "bushes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blushes vs bluster". 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 #180,710 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.