go bust
"go-bust" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“go bust” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To become bankrupt.
Corpus desk
Index EN-go-bust · go bust · English
go bust · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | go bust |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “go bust” in English
Rare enough to double-check
go bust is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To become bankrupt.".
No misspelling variants are generated for go bust in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is go bust, spelled G-O- -B-U-S-T.
Definition
- 1To become bankrupt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how go bust appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Several thousand companies go bust in the UK each year.
Steam gave a last hurrah for some, but North British went bust in 1962, unable to make the transition to modern traction.
Synonyms
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.