# bu vs buh

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### 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: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bu-vs-buh