busker
/ˈbʌskɚ/
"busker" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“busker” is uncommon English (frequency #71,367 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,367
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.
Corpus desk
Index EN-busker · busker · English
busker · rank #71,367 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,367
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH buttes
Nearest frequency peer: buttes (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “busker”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Buehler
Buehler
28,641 corpus weight
- bulla
bulla
28,640 corpus weight
- bullfighter
bullfighter
28,639 corpus weight
- busker
busker
28,634 corpus weight
- buttes
buttes
28,632 corpus weight
- Callender
Callender
28,629 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “busker” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | busker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʌskɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,367 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “busker” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
busker is uncommon English at frequency #71,367 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʌskɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for busker, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From busk + -er. The correct English form is busker, spelled B-U-S-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.
Etymology
From busk + -er.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.