abuzz
/əˈbʌz/
"abuzz" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abuzz” is an uncommon English word, ranked #66,437 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #66,437
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement”), buzzing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abuzz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈbʌz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abuzz” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for abuzz is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈbʌz/. Corpus data places it at rank #66,437 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement”), buzzing.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abuzz, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a- (prefix indicating a condition or manner) + buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement; major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes”) or buzz (“to show a high level of activity and haste; to communicate in… The correct English form is abuzz, spelled A-B-U-Z-Z.
Definition
- 1Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement”), buzzing.
Etymology
From a- (prefix indicating a condition or manner) + buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement; major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes”) or buzz (“to show a high level of activity and haste; to communicate in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly; to talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “abuzz”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-B-U-Z-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.