busiest

adj

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"busiest" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“busiest” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,659
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - superlative form of busy: most busy

Corpus desk

Index EN-busiest · busiest · English

busiest · rank #16,659 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,659
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH buffy

Nearest frequency peer: buffy (-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 “busiest”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “busiest” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

busiest vs busses
71% similar
busiest vs business
75% similar
busiest vs bushes
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for busiest
PropertyValue
Headwordbusiest
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,659
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “busiest”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).busiestlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “buffy” (#16,658), “camouflage” (#16,660), “brute” (#16,657). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “busiest” is #16,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around busiest, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,659 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "superlative form of busy: most busy".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for busiest, with forms such as "bbusiest", "bsuiest", and "buisest". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "busses", "business", "bushes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: busy + -est The correct English form is busiest, spelled B-U-S-I-E-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    superlative form of busy: most busy

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Even at the busiest periods, an air of quiet orderliness pervades the hall, and the first impression gained by the traveller is one of efficiency, neatness and cleanliness.
  2. With more than 47 million passenger entries and exits recorded in 2018-2019, New Street is the UK's busiest station outside London and the fifth busiest overall.

Etymology

busy + -est

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbusiest
  • bsuiest
  • buisest
  • buseist
  • busiesst
  • busiestt
  • busiets
  • busiset
  • bussiest
  • ubsiest

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of busiest - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbusiest1bsuiest2buisest2buseist2busiesst1busiestt1busiets2busiset2
Edit distance from "busiest"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "busiest"?
"busiest" is spelled B-U-S-I-E-S-T.
What does "busiest" mean?
As an adjective, "busiest" means: superlative form of busy: most busy
What words are commonly confused with "busiest"?
"busiest" is commonly confused with "busses", "business", "bushes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "busiest"?
busy + -est See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "busiest", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list