buzz

\bœz\

/\bœz\/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“buzz” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,035) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#7,035
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rumeur créée pour faire parler de soi, de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-buzz · buzz · French

buzz · rank #7,035 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,035
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH carnet

Nearest frequency peer: carnet (+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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « buzz »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « buzz » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

buzz vs buzzer
67% similar
buzz vs bu
50% similar
buzz vs but
50% similar

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

Key facts for buzz
PropertyValue
Headwordbuzz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bœz\
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,035
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « buzz »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.buzzse 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 « carnet » (#7,036), « Ba » (#7,033), « climatiques » (#7,037). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « buzz » est au #7,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for buzz is neighbouring look-alikes ("buzzer", "bu", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \bœz\. Frequency #7,035 among 4,251 “B” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for buzz, with forms such as "bbuzz", "buz", and "bzuz". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "buzzer", "bu", "but", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is buzz, spelled B-U-Z-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rumeur créée pour faire parler de soi, de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un.
  2. 2
    Bruit de fond, friture indésirable.
  3. 3
    Joint, cigarette de cannabis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des stratégies promotionnelles ont compté sur des groupes d’influenceurs pour créer du buzz autour de la sortie d’un film et baisser leurs coûts.
  2. Quand la Semaine de l’industrie sera passée et l’élection présidentielle derrière nous, il faudra donc agir. Au delà du buzz, c’est-à-dire du retour en grâce médiatique du made in France, il faudra dessiner un projet.

Antonyms

badbuzz

This word in other languages

buzz(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbuzz
  • buz
  • bzuz
  • ubzz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buzz - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbuzz1buz1bzuz2ubzz2
Edit distance from "buzz"

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 "buzz"?
"buzz" is spelled B-U-Z-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \bœz\.
What does "buzz" mean?
As a noun, "buzz" means: Rumeur créée pour faire parler de soi, de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un.
What words are commonly confused with "buzz"?
"buzz" is commonly confused with "buzzer", "bu", "but". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "buzz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buzz" is \bœz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buzz" come from?
"buzz" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cure#7,048âgés#7,016tien#7,007sony#7,000

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list