Bussy or busy?
bussy is a noun meaning “A bus driver”; busy is an adjective meaning “Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on”. Use bussy as a noun and busy as an adjective (busy is also a noun: “A police officer”). In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) busy is about 245 times as common as bussy.
What is the difference between bussy and busy?
| bussy | busy | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, adjective | adjective, noun, verb |
| Meaning | informalA bus driver | Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person To make somebody busy or active; to occupy |
| Example | My boyfriend fucked me in the bussy last night | Be careful crossing that busy street |
| Forms | bussies | busier, busiest |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbʌsi/ /ˈbʊsi/ | /ˈbɪz.i/ |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words | 56 times per million words |
Sources: bussy and busy in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of bussy and busy
bussy
- 1
informalA bus driver
- 2
slangvulgarThe anus of a man
- 3
slangvulgarAny anus, in general
My boyfriend fucked me in the bussy last night
- 4
derogatoryslangvulgarThe vulva or vagina of a trans man
busy
- 1
Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on
Be careful crossing that busy street
- 2
UKderogatoryslangA police officer
- 3
To make somebody busy or active; to occupy
On my vacation I'll busy myself with gardening
- 4
Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person
The director cannot see you now: he's busy
- 5
Having much work to do; having much to get done
Near-synonym: swamped
- 6
Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate
Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern
- 7
Officious; meddling
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, bussy or busy?
bussy appears about once in every 4 million words; busy 56 times per million words.
bussy about once in every 4 million wordsbusy 56 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).