buse

\byz\

/\byz\/ noun

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The verdict

“buse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,321. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,321
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oiseau de proie, rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des accipitridés, du genre Buteo, au plumage brun tacheté et que l’on considère comme dépourvu d’intelligence et dont il existe plusieurs...

Corpus desk

Index FR-buse · buse · French

buse · rank #32,321 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,321
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bâtonnier

Nearest frequency peer: bâtonnier (+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 « buse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « buse » 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).

buse vs but
50% similar
buse vs bye
50% similar
buse vs buy
50% similar

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

Key facts for buse
PropertyValue
Headwordbuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\byz\
Letters4
Frequency rank#32,321
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « buse »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bâtonnier » (#32,322), « Brody » (#32,319), « bénédictions » (#32,323). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « buse » est au #32,321. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around buse (IPA \byz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,321 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for buse, with forms such as "bbuse", "bsue", and "bues". 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", "bye", "buy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is buse, spelled B-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oiseau de proie, rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des accipitridés, du genre Buteo, au plumage brun tacheté et que l’on considère comme dépourvu d’intelligence et dont il existe plusieurs espèces en Europe.
  2. 2
    Personne ignorante, stupide ou bornée ; sot, idiot.
  3. 3
    Échec à une élection, à un examen etc.
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant un disque de couleur rouge dans les armoiries. Il s’agit de l’ancien nom du tourteau de gueules, bien que certains auteurs l’ont également donné au tourteau de pourpre. À rapprocher de besant, besant-tourteau, gulpe, guse, heurte, œil de faucon, ogoesse, plate, pomme, somme, tourteau, tourteau-besant et volet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le cri de la buse variable ressemble à un miaulement haut perché, on dit qu’elle piaule.
  2. En outre, la buse, comme l’aigle et le milan, fait partie des oiseaux ignobles, c’est-à-dire des oiseaux de proie qui ne se laissent pas dresser pour la chasse au vol.

This word in other languages

buzzard(English)gavilan(Español)Bussard(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbuse
  • bsue
  • bues
  • busse
  • ubse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbuse1bsue2bues2busse1ubse2
Edit distance from "buse"

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 "buse"?
"buse" is spelled B-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \byz\.
What does "buse" mean?
As a noun, "buse" means: Oiseau de proie, rapace diurne (falconiforme) de la famille des accipitridés, du genre Buteo, au plumage brun tacheté et que l’on considère comme dépourvu d’intelligence et dont il existe plusieurs...
What words are commonly confused with "buse"?
"buse" is commonly confused with "but", "bye", "buy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "buse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buse" is \byz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buse" come from?
"buse" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

brit#32,318Ctrl#32,363didi#32,370VIVO#32,235

Similar misspelling depth

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

bouse5 variantsaequo5 variantsgail5 variantshuet5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list