# Band vs BND

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Band
*noun · IPA [bant] · frequency rank #744*
Plural »Bänder«:

### BND
*abbrev · IPA [beːʔɛnˈdeː] · frequency rank #10,827*
Bundesnachrichtendienst

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/band-vs-bnd