bushido
/buˈʃi.doʊ/
"bushido" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bushido” is uncommon English (frequency #68,069 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,069
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above life.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bushido · bushido · English
bushido · rank #68,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,069
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bunkhouse
Nearest frequency peer: bunkhouse (-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 “bushido”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Bridgetown
Bridgetown
31,940 corpus weight
- bunkhouse
bunkhouse
31,933 corpus weight
- bushido
bushido
31,932 corpus weight
- Byun
Byun
31,930 corpus weight
- calabrese
calabrese
31,927 corpus weight
- callousness
callousness
31,926 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bushido” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bushido |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /buˈʃi.doʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bushido” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bushido is uncommon English at frequency #68,069 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /buˈʃi.doʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above life.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bushido, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 武(ぶ)士(し)道(どう) (bushidō), from Middle Chinese 武士 (mju^X dzri^X, “warrior”) + 道 (daw^X, “way”). Cognate with Mandarin 武士 (wǔshì) and Cantonese 武士 (mou⁵ si⁶). The correct English form is bushido, spelled B-U-S-H-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1An ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above life.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 武(ぶ)士(し)道(どう) (bushidō), from Middle Chinese 武士 (mju^X dzri^X, “warrior”) + 道 (daw^X, “way”). Cognate with Mandarin 武士 (wǔshì) and Cantonese 武士 (mou⁵ si⁶).
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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