# Basu

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,639

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of Bose.

## Etymology
Transliteration of Bengali বসু (bośu).

## Easily confused with
- **BS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bs)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bus)
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bay)
- **bat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bat)
- **bis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bis)
- **BTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bts)
- **BCS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bcs)
- **BYU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-byu)
- **BDS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bds)
- **BBS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bbs)
- **BSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bsa)
- **bes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bes)
- **baz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-baz)
- **bps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bps)
- **BLS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bls)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bru)
- **BTU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-btu)
- **Bau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bau)
- **BFS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-bfs)
- **best** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basu-vs-best)

## Common misspellings (5)
`absu`, `bassu`, `baus`, `bbasu`, `bsau`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/basu