# bolt vs but

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### bolt
*noun · IPA [bəʊlt] · frequency rank #29,970*
Schraube

### but
*conjunction · IPA [bʌt] · frequency rank #6,402*
aber

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bolt-vs-but