businessman

\biz.nɛs.man\

/\biz.nɛs.man\/ noun

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The verdict

“businessman” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,761
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme d’affaires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-businessman · businessman · French

businessman · rank #47,761 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,761
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH buralistes

Nearest frequency peer: buralistes (-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 « businessman »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « businessman » 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 businessman
PropertyValue
Headwordbusinessman
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\biz.nɛs.man\
Letters11
Frequency rank#47,761
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « businessman »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).businessmanse 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 « buralistes » (#47,760), « Byrne » (#47,762), « broad » (#47,759). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « businessman » est au #47,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around businessman (IPA \biz.nɛs.man\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,761 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Homme d’affaires.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for businessman, with forms such as "bbusinessman", "bsuinessman", and "buisnessman". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is businessman, spelled B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Homme d’affaires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Langlois était médusé. Quelle galanterie, chez ces businessmans du Nouveau Monde !
  2. — Tout ce beau discours pour finalement faire sa petite pub, les businessmen n'ont pas de cœur. Malgré une profonde mélancolie envers la ludographie de l'auteur, Jean ne put s'empêcher de se le dire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbusinessman
  • bsuinessman
  • buisnessman
  • busienssman
  • businesman
  • businesmsan
  • businessamn
  • businessmann
  • businessmman
  • businessmna
  • businnessman
  • businsesman
  • busniessman
  • bussinessman
  • ubsinessman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbusinessman1bsuinessman2buisnessman2busienssman2businesman1businesmsan2businessamn2businessmann1
Edit distance from "businessman"

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 "businessman"?
"businessman" is spelled B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S-M-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \biz.nɛs.man\.
What does "businessman" mean?
As a noun, "businessman" means: Homme d’affaires.
What are common misspellings of "businessman"?
Common misspellings include "bbusinessman", "bsuinessman", "buisnessman", "busienssman", "businesman". The correct spelling is "businessman".
How do you pronounce "businessman"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "businessman" is \biz.nɛs.man\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "businessman" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

capitulaire#47,772auditionner#47,736chevauchant#47,786aspirateurs#47,731

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

buralistes15 variantscalviniste15 variantscertifiées15 variantschansonnette15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list