busful

noun

"busful" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“busful” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An amount sufficient to fill a bus.

Corpus desk

Index EN-busful · busful · English

busful · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for busful
PropertyValue
Headwordbusful
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “busful” in English

busfulsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

busful is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An amount sufficient to fill a bus.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for busful in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From bus + -ful. The correct English form is busful, spelled B-U-S-F-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    An amount sufficient to fill a bus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how busful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The trip was made Friday in two bouncing busesful, under the chaperonage and direction of Mr. CYRUS DANIEL.
  2. Among the 50,000 were busesful from Coegnant, Caerau and Cwmdu Collieries in Maesteg and delegates from pits in the Afan and Garw Valleys.

Etymology

From bus + -ful.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "busful"?
"busful" is spelled B-U-S-F-U-L.
What does "busful" mean?
As a noun, "busful" means: An amount sufficient to fill a bus.
What is the origin of the word "busful"?
From bus + -ful. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list