busing
/ˈbʌsɪŋ/
"busing" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“busing” is uncommon English (frequency #51,007 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,007
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of bus
Corpus desk
Index EN-busing · busing · English
busing · rank #51,007 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,007
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Caithness
Nearest frequency peer: Caithness (+2 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 “busing”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- brony
brony
48,999 corpus weight
- brownfield
brownfield
48,998 corpus weight
- busing
busing
48,994 corpus weight
- Caithness
Caithness
48,992 corpus weight
- cantaloupe
cantaloupe
48,990 corpus weight
- caries
caries
48,989 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “busing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | busing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈbʌsɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,007 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “busing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
busing is uncommon English at frequency #51,007 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈbʌsɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of bus".
No misspelling variants are generated for busing in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is busing, spelled B-U-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of bus
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 "busing"?
What does "busing" mean?
How do you pronounce "busing"?
What language does "busing" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "busing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).