Bussières

\by.sjɛʁ\

/\by.sjɛʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Bussières” is uncommon French (frequency #60,612 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,612
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bussieres · Bussières · French

Bussières · rank #60,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,612
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bureaucrate

Nearest frequency peer: bureaucrate (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Bussières »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bussières » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bussières
PropertyValue
HeadwordBussières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\by.sjɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,612
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Bussières » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Bussièrestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bureaucrate » (#60,611), « butane » (#60,613), « buffer » (#60,610). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bussières » est au #60,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bussières is uncommon French at frequency #60,612 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \by.sjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Bussières in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Bussières, spelled B-U-S-S-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.
  2. 2
    Commune française située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.
  3. 3
    Commune française située dans le département de la Loire.
  4. 4
    Commune française située dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme.
  5. 5
    Commune française située dans le département de la Haute-Saône.
  6. 6
    Commune française située dans le département de Saône-et-Loire.
  7. 7
    Commune française située dans le département de Seine-et-Marne.
  8. 8
    Commune française située dans le département de l’Yonne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pascale Bussières, comédienne québécoise.
  2. Je viens de Bussières.

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 "Bussières"?
"Bussières" is spelled B-U-S-S-I-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \by.sjɛʁ\.
What does "Bussières" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bussières" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Bussières"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bussières" is \by.sjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bussières" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

calembour#60,617brouettes#60,605blaugrana#60,590bisphénol#60,589

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list