busy
/ˈbɪz.i/
The verdict
“busy” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,990 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,990
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ocupado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-busy · busy · Spanish
busy · rank #77,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,990
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH caballar
Nearest frequency peer: caballar (+3 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “busy”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- bribones
bribones
22,021 corpus weight
- brut
brut
22,016 corpus weight
- busy
busy
22,011 corpus weight
- caballar
caballar
22,008 corpus weight
- calculé
calculé
22,006 corpus weight
- callampa
callampa
22,004 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “busy” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | busy |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɪz.i/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #77,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “busy” en español
Rare enough to double-check
busy is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,990 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbɪz.i/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ocupado.".
busy has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Spanish form is busy, spelled B-U-S-Y.
Definition
- 1Ocupado.
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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