bussed
/bʌst/
"bussed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bussed” is uncommon English (frequency #69,709 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,709
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having or involving transportation by bus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bussed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bʌst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bussed” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bussed is uncommon English at frequency #69,709 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /bʌst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bussed in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is bussed, spelled B-U-S-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having or involving transportation by bus.
- 2Involving desegregation through bussing from the inner city to the suburbs.
- 3Having had the remains of a meal removed.
- 4Having a bus (electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components)
- 5Transferring power by an electrical connection as opposed to using a direct physical coupling.
- 6Having been kissed lightly.
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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Using “bussed”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-U-S-S-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bʌst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.