Buscemi
/buːˈsɛmi/
"buscemi" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Buscemi” is uncommon English (frequency #57,269 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,269
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Buscemi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /buːˈsɛmi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Buscemi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Buscemi is uncommon English at frequency #57,269 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /buːˈsɛmi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Buscemi has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabū šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole”. The correct English form is Buscemi, spelled B-U-S-C-E-M-I.
Definition
- 1Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy).
- 2a surname, especially of Sicilian ancestry
Etymology
From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabū šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole”.
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 “Buscemi”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-U-S-C-E-M-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /buːˈsɛmi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.