unbusied

adj

"unbusied" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unbusied” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not required to work; unemployed; not busy.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unbusied · unbusied · English

unbusied · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for unbusied
PropertyValue
Headwordunbusied
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unbusied” in English

unbusiedranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unbusied is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not required to work; unemployed; not busy.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unbusied, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + busied. The correct English form is unbusied, spelled U-N-B-U-S-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not required to work; unemployed; not busy.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how unbusied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. An apothecary sate unbusied at his doore , Whom by his heavy countenance he gessed to be poore.

Etymology

From un- + busied.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unbusied"?
"unbusied" is spelled U-N-B-U-S-I-E-D.
What does "unbusied" mean?
As an adjective, "unbusied" means: Not required to work; unemployed; not busy.
What is the origin of the word "unbusied"?
From un- + busied. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list