bubby
/ˈbʊbi/
"bubby" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bubby” is uncommon English (frequency #81,187 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,187
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A woman's breast.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bubby · bubby · English
bubby · rank #81,187 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,187
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH brûlée
Nearest frequency peer: brûlée (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “bubby”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- brushwork
brushwork
18,816 corpus weight
- brûlée
brûlée
18,815 corpus weight
- bubby
bubby
18,814 corpus weight
- BUC
BUC
18,813 corpus weight
- burdock
burdock
18,812 corpus weight
- burgher
burgher
18,811 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bubby” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bubby |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʊbi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bubby” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bubby is uncommon English at frequency #81,187 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʊbi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A woman's breast.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bubby, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Likely a babble word; compare dialectal German Bübbi (“teat”). Some older references connected the word to French poupe, but this is considered "very doubtful" by the OED. Compare Latin pūpa (“little girl”). The correct English form is bubby, spelled B-U-B-B-Y.
Definition
- 1A woman's breast.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bubby appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chlo: What do you mean (uncivil as you are) / To touch my breaſts and leave my boſome bare? / Daph: Theſe pretty bubbies firſt I make my own.
Mr. Douglas got up from the couch, shucked down his pants, and then knelt down beside my mother. He reached out and grabbed her big round bubbies, and began to squeeze and play with them, while he teased her by prodding his cock against her red behind.
Etymology
Likely a babble word; compare dialectal German Bübbi (“teat”). Some older references connected the word to French poupe, but this is considered "very doubtful" by the OED. Compare Latin pūpa (“little girl”).
Synonyms
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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