bus
[ˈbus]
The verdict
“bus” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,683 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,683
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vehículo automotor para pasajeros de gran capacidad y recorrido fijo dentro de una urbe.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbus] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #4,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bus” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for bus is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbus]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,683 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bus, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "but", "bye", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is bus, spelled B-U-S.
Definition
- 1Vehículo automotor para pasajeros de gran capacidad y recorrido fijo dentro de una urbe.
- 2Vehículo para pasajeros de gran capacidad que une diferentes poblaciones.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbus] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “by” - see the side-by-side comparison. bus vs by
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.