# big vs buh

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### big
*adjective · IPA [bɪɡ] · frequency rank #2,235*
groß

### buh
*intj · IPA [buː] · frequency rank #43,079*
Ausruf bei der Absicht, jemanden zu erschrecken

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