busway
\bys.wɛ\
The verdict
“busway” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autobus circulant en site propre et coordonné avec un système de tramway.
Corpus desk
Index FR-busway · busway · French
busway · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | busway |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bys.wɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « busway » en français
Rare enough to double-check
busway is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bys.wɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autobus circulant en site propre et coordonné avec un système de tramway.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for busway, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is busway, spelled B-U-S-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Autobus circulant en site propre et coordonné avec un système de tramway.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how busway appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puis, l’attente n’est pas très longue pour monter dans un busway, qui passe environ toutes les trois minutes.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.