businesspeople

noun

"businesspeople" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“businesspeople” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,354
frequency rank, English
31,241
“B” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of businessperson.

Key facts for businesspeople
PropertyValue
Headwordbusinesspeople
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Frequency rank#46,354
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “businesspeople” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around businesspeople, anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,354 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of businessperson.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for businesspeople, with forms such as "bbusinesspeople", "bsuinesspeople", and "buisnesspeople". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is businesspeople, spelled B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S-P-E-O-P-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of businessperson.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbusinesspeople
  • bsuinesspeople
  • buisnesspeople
  • busiensspeople
  • businespeople
  • businespseople
  • businessepople
  • businesspeolpe
  • businesspeopel
  • businesspeoplle
  • businesspeopple
  • businesspepole
  • businesspoeple
  • businessppeople
  • businnesspeople
  • businsespeople
  • busniesspeople
  • bussinesspeople
  • ubsinesspeople

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of businesspeople - 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.

bbusinesspeople1bsuinesspeople2buisnesspeople2busiensspeople2businespeople1businespseople2businessepople2businesspeolpe2
Edit distance from "businesspeople"

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 "businesspeople"?
"businesspeople" is spelled B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S-P-E-O-P-L-E.
What does "businesspeople" mean?
As a noun, "businesspeople" means: plural of businessperson.
What are common misspellings of "businesspeople"?
Common misspellings include "bbusinesspeople", "bsuinesspeople", "buisnesspeople", "busiensspeople", "businespeople". The correct spelling is "businesspeople".
What language does "businesspeople" come from?
"businesspeople" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “businesspeople”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S-P-E-O-P-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list