# bushel

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʊʃəl/ · frequency rank #37,357

## Definitions
1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
4. A large indefinite quantity.
5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.

## Etymology
From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdʰ- (“branch”).

## Easily confused with
- **bushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushel-vs-bushy)
- **busted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushel-vs-busted)
- **bushes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushel-vs-bushes)
- **buster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushel-vs-buster)
- **busier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushel-vs-busier)
- **busses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushel-vs-busses)
- **bush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bush-vs-bushel)
- **Basel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-bushel)
- **bethel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bethel-vs-bushel)
- **bashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashed-vs-bushel)
- **brushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brushed-vs-bushel)
- **blushes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blushes-vs-bushel)
- **blushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blushed-vs-bushel)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbushel`, `bsuhel`, `buhsel`, `busehl`, `bushell`, `bushhel`, `bushle`, `busshel`, `ubshel`

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