buisson

Name: buisson, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\bɥi.sɔ̃\

/\bɥi.sɔ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“buisson” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,726. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,726
frequency rank, French: 4,251
“B” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Touffe d’arbustes sauvages.

Corpus desk

Index FR-buisson · buisson · French

buisson · rank #11,726 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-MID #11,726
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 4,251
PHOTO-FINISH Cambridge

Nearest frequency peer: Cambridge (+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.

bloquée

88,279
bombardier

88,278
boulet

88,277
buisson

88,275
Cambridge

88,274
cartier

88,272

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

buisson vs buissons

88% similar

buisson vs bison

71% similar

buisson vs besson

71% similar

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

Key facts for buisson
Property	Value
Headword	buisson
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\bɥi.sɔ̃\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#11,726
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « buisson »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).buissonse place ici:

#11,726

#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 « Cambridge » (#11,727), « boulet » (#11,724), « bombardier » (#11,723). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « buisson » est au #11,726. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around buisson (IPA \bɥi.sɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,726 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for buisson, with forms such as "bbuisson", "biusson", and "buison". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "buissons", "bison", "besson", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is buisson, spelled B-U-I-S-S-O-N.

Definition

1
Touffe d’arbustes sauvages.
2
Nuage de poussière soulevé par une tornade.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Nous reçûmes l’ordre de côtoyer en le remontant le ruisseau de la Tourbe, qui arrose la plus triste vallée du monde, entre des collines basses, sans arbres et sans buissons.
Les silhouettes des buissons frangeaient son chemin et il allait, tête levée, respirant large.

Synonyms

arbrisseau arbuste

This word in other languages

shrub(English)arbusto(Español)Busch(Deutsch)arbusto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbuisson
biusson
buison
buisosn
buissno
buissonn
busison
ubisson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buisson - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "buisson"

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 "buisson"?

"buisson" is spelled B-U-I-S-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bɥi.sɔ̃\.

What does "buisson" mean?

As a noun, "buisson" means: Touffe d’arbustes sauvages.

What words are commonly confused with "buisson"?

"buisson" is commonly confused with "buissons", "bison", "besson". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "buisson"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buisson" is \bɥi.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "buisson" come from?

"buisson" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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