bushes
/ˈbʊʃɪz/
"bushes" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bushes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,291. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,291
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of bush
Corpus desk
Index EN-bushes · bushes · English
bushes · rank #13,291 · 9 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,291
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH cartel
Nearest frequency peer: cartel (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “bushes”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- blackout
blackout
86,714 corpus weight
- bluff
bluff
86,713 corpus weight
- Bollywood
Bollywood
86,712 corpus weight
- bushes
bushes
86,710 corpus weight
- cartel
cartel
86,709 corpus weight
- catastrophic
catastrophic
86,707 corpus weight
What this shows “bushes” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bushes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʊʃɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “bushes”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around bushes (IPA /ˈbʊʃɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,291 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of bush".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bushes, with forms such as "bbushes", "bsuhes", and "buhses". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "buss", "busts", "bushy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is bushes, spelled B-U-S-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of bush
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbushes
- bsuhes
- buhses
- busehs
- bushess
- bushhes
- bushse
- busshes
- ubshes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bushes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bushes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).