# busting

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbʌstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,187

## Definitions
1. Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.

## Easily confused with
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/busting-vs-buying)
- **buzzing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/busting-vs-buzzing)
- **butting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/busting-vs-butting)
- **bustling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/busting-vs-bustling)
- **biting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biting-vs-busting)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basing-vs-busting)
- **burning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burning-vs-busting)
- **beating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beating-vs-busting)
- **betting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/betting-vs-busting)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batting-vs-busting)
- **bashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashing-vs-busting)
- **burying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burying-vs-busting)
- **boating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-busting)
- **bumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumping-vs-busting)
- **budding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budding-vs-busting)
- **bugging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugging-vs-busting)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-busting)
- **bulging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulging-vs-busting)
- **baiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baiting-vs-busting)
- **basking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basking-vs-busting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbusting`, `bsuting`, `busitng`, `bussting`, `bustign`, `bustingg`, `bustinng`, `bustnig`, `bustting`, `butsing`, `ubsting`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/busting