business

\biz.nɛs\

/\biz.nɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“business” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,124
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affaires ; commerce.

Corpus desk

Index FR-business · business · French

business · rank #3,124 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,124
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bureaux

Nearest frequency peer: bureaux (-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 « business »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « business » 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
Key facts for business
PropertyValue
Headwordbusiness
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\biz.nɛs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,124
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « business »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bureaux » (#3,123), « cellules » (#3,125), « appels » (#3,122). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « business » est au #3,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around business (IPA \biz.nɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,124 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for business, with forms such as "bbusiness", "bsuiness", and "buisness". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is business, spelled B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Affaires ; commerce.
  2. 2
    Trafic.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À la télé, cette semaine, on a pu voir deux images de la jeunesse : des jeunes cravatés qui discutaient business avec le ministre Legault ; et des jeunes anarchistes qui lançaient des boules de billard aux flics.
  2. Tous les petits amis blancs s’en tordaient de rigolade, tellement il avait bien mené son business.

This word in other languages

business(English)Business(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbusiness
  • bsuiness
  • buisness
  • busienss
  • busines
  • businness
  • businses
  • busniess
  • bussiness
  • ubsiness

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbusiness1bsuiness2buisness2busienss2busines1businness1businses2busniess2
Edit distance from "business"

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 "business"?
"business" is spelled B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is \biz.nɛs\.
What does "business" mean?
As a noun, "business" means: Affaires ; commerce.
What are common misspellings of "business"?
Common misspellings include "bbusiness", "bsuiness", "buisness", "busienss", "busines". The correct spelling is "business".
How do you pronounce "business"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "business" is \biz.nɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "business" come from?
"business" 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 "business", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cellules#3,125écrivain#3,116troubles#3,110rapporte#3,100

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

couvert10 variantstrouvez10 variantstension10 variantssaisons10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list