# bushy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbʊʃi/ · frequency rank #29,576

## Definitions
1. Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all directions.
2. Growing thickly.

## Etymology
From bush + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushy-vs-buy)
- **busy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushy-vs-busy)
- **bust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushy-vs-bust)
- **buss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushy-vs-buss)
- **busts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushy-vs-busts)
- **busty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushy-vs-busty)
- **busta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushy-vs-busta)
- **busily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bushy-vs-busily)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bus-vs-bushy)
- **bush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bush-vs-bushy)
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bury-vs-bushy)
- **bash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bushy)
- **buoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buoy-vs-bushy)
- **bosh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bosh-vs-bushy)
- **buddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buddy-vs-bushy)
- **brush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brush-vs-bushy)
- **bunny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunny-vs-bushy)
- **bully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bully-vs-bushy)
- **blush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blush-vs-bushy)
- **buffy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffy-vs-bushy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbushy`, `bsuhy`, `buhsy`, `bushhy`, `bushyy`, `busshy`, `busyh`, `ubshy`

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