bustier
/ˈbuːstiɚ/
"bustier" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bustier” is uncommon English (frequency #75,692 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,692
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bustier · bustier · English
bustier · rank #75,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,692
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH busk
Nearest frequency peer: busk (-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 “bustier”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bullfight
bullfight
24,313 corpus weight
- bursar
bursar
24,311 corpus weight
- busk
busk
24,310 corpus weight
- bustier
bustier
24,309 corpus weight
- bux
bux
24,308 corpus weight
- BYOB
BYOB
24,307 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bustier” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bustier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbuːstiɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bustier” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bustier is uncommon English at frequency #75,692 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbuːstiɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.".
bustier has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier. The correct English form is bustier, spelled B-U-S-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bustier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The clothes were equally frothy: teacup silk skirts, a bubbly wool coat in Bazooka pink, satin bustiers with huge fan pleats across the front, metallic peplum jackets and flamboyantly patterned tights.
Next came the narrow silk straps of her bustier. She pushed the satin fabric down, toward her waist, exposing her breasts.
Etymology
Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.
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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