busload
/ˈbʌsˌloʊd/
"busload" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“busload” is uncommon English (frequency #97,897 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,897
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The amount that can fit on a bus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-busload · busload · English
busload · rank #97,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,897
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Busselton
Nearest frequency peer: Busselton (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “busload”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Buckie
Buckie
2,108 corpus weight
- Burchill
Burchill
2,107 corpus weight
- busload
busload
2,104 corpus weight
- Busselton
Busselton
2,103 corpus weight
- bustard
bustard
2,102 corpus weight
- bwana
bwana
2,101 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “busload” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | busload |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʌsˌloʊd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “busload” in English
Rare enough to double-check
busload is uncommon English at frequency #97,897 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʌsˌloʊd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The amount that can fit on a bus.".
Zero misspellings are on record for busload in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bus + load. The correct English form is busload, spelled B-U-S-L-O-A-D.
Definition
- 1The amount that can fit on a bus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how busload appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the Chinning township, two busloads of tourists from the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang swamp a shop selling knives recast from the remains of the shells fired onto the island by Chinese troops.
Seattle was close enough to Vancouver that a busload of fans had made the journey […]
Etymology
From bus + load.
Synonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).