funny business
"funny-business" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“funny business” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unethical behaviour.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | funny business |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “funny business” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
funny business is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for funny business in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is funny business, spelled F-U-N-N-Y- -B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Unethical behaviour.
- 2Sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “funny business”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-N-N-Y- -B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.