bustier
/ˈbuːstiɚ/
"bustier" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bustier” is an uncommon English word, ranked #75,692 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,692
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “bustier” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bustier is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbuːstiɚ/. Corpus data places it at rank #75,692 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-U-S-T-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbuːstiɚ/ (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.