buis

\bɥi\

/\bɥi\/ noun

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The verdict

“buis” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,864. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,864
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre de la famille des Buxacées comprenant l’espèce Buxus sempervirens, arbrisseau sempervirent, dont le bois, jaunâtre et très dur, et surtout celui de sa racine sont d’un grand usage dans la tab...

Corpus desk

Index FR-buis · buis · French

buis · rank #28,864 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,864
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brins

Nearest frequency peer: brins (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « buis »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « buis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

buis vs but
50% similar
buis vs bus
75% similar
buis vs buy
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for buis
PropertyValue
Headwordbuis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɥi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,864
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « buis »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.buisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « brins » (#28,863), « bulbe » (#28,865), « bright » (#28,862). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « buis » est au #28,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around buis (IPA \bɥi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,864 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for buis, with forms such as "bbuis", "bius", and "buiss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "but", "bus", "buy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is buis, spelled B-U-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre de la famille des Buxacées comprenant l’espèce Buxus sempervirens, arbrisseau sempervirent, dont le bois, jaunâtre et très dur, et surtout celui de sa racine sont d’un grand usage dans la tabletterie. → voir Buxus
  2. 2
    Nom usuel du buis commun (Buxus sempervirens)
  3. 3
    Bois de cet arbrisseau employé à divers ouvrages.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] sur deux chaises était posé un cercueil de bois blanc, à demi recouvert d’une nappe de toile écrue qu’ornaient seulement le crucifix de cuivre et le rameau de buis bénit.
  2. Sylvius, tant que le cornouiller au tronc noir restera debout, nos âmes vivront dans cet abri de verdure où nous nous sommes aimés, elles fleuriront avec les roses et se pencheront sur les bordures épaisses des buis.

This word in other languages

box(English)boj(Español)Buchsbaum(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbuis
  • bius
  • buiss
  • busi
  • ubis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbuis1bius2buiss1busi2ubis2
Edit distance from "buis"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "buis"?
"buis" is spelled B-U-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bɥi\.
What does "buis" mean?
As a noun, "buis" means: Genre de la famille des Buxacées comprenant l’espèce Buxus sempervirens, arbrisseau sempervirent, dont le bois, jaunâtre et très dur, et surtout celui de sa racine sont d’un grand usage dans la tab...
What words are commonly confused with "buis"?
"buis" is commonly confused with "but", "bus", "buy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "buis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buis" is \bɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buis" come from?
"buis" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "buis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dard#28,906dico#28,913docu#28,920Yaya#28,796

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

abbey5 variantstuile5 variantsGlas5 variantshole5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list