# Box vs bu

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Box
*noun · IPA [bɔks] · frequency rank #3,642*
Behältnis, Verpackung, meistens in der Form eines Quaders

### bu
*verb · IPA [by] · frequency rank #15,054*
Partizip Perfekt Maskulinum Singular des Verbs boire

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