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Buisness or business?

Did you mean business? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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buisness

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business

Letter by letter
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Correct spelling: business. Misspelling: buisness.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

Think "busy-ness": the Y turns into an I, giving bus-I-ness.

Why people write “buisness”

The misspelling “buisness” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of S and I.

Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make business automatic.

Other misspellings of “business”

People also write “busness” and “bussiness”. Here is where each one goes wrong.

“busness”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: business. Misspelling: busness.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

The misspelling “busness” is only one letter off: it leaves out the I.

“bussiness”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: business. Misspelling: bussiness.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

The misspelling “bussiness” is only one letter off: it doubles the S, which business spells with just one.

What does “business” mean?

business noun

  1. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

    “he bought his brother's business”

    Synonyms:concern

  2. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects

    “computers are now widely used in business”

    Synonyms:

  3. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

    “he's not in my line of business”

    Synonyms:occupationjobline

  4. a rightful concern or responsibility

    “it's none of your business”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Business” in a sentence

  • She runs a small business from home.
  • He bought his brother's business.
  • Computers are now widely used in business.
  • He's not in my line of business.

Is “business” a playable word?

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10 points in Scrabble · 13 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“buisness” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from BUSINESS.

Business: quick answers

Is it buisness or business?
The correct spelling is business. “buisness” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “busness” and “bussiness” are wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell business?
Think "busy-ness": the Y turns into an I, giving bus-I-ness.
What does business mean?
Business means: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it.