Which to use
“buses” and “bussy” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,198
- “buses” frequency rank
- #30,084
- “bussy” frequency rank
- 77282
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | buses | bussy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de buse. | Un conducteur de bus. |
Where the eye mixes buses and bussy
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. buses (CVCVC) and bussy (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: buses vs bussy
A purely visual mix-up. buses (\byz\) and bussy (\ˈbʌsi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77282, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
buses is recorded at frequency rank #47,198, classified as anoun, pronounced \byz\. bussy is at rank #30,084, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈbʌsi\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 77282, this pair ranks #28,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of buses vs bussy
Shared letters: bsu. Private to "buses": e. Private to "bussy": y.
"buses" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "bussy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "buses" for "bussy" ever safe?
Frequency check: "buses" vs "bussy" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "buses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bussy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "buses" and "bussy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "busan vs buses". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #28,833 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.