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“Bude” and “Büste” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,872
“Bude” frequency rank
#26,801
“Büste” frequency rank
36673
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bude Büste
Definition kleine Verkaufsstelle; Kiosk plastisch gestaltetes Abbild einer Person bis zur Schulter oder als Halbfigur

Where the eye mixes Bude and Büste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Bude
5 ch
Büste

Look-alike desk: Bude vs Büste

A purely visual mix-up. Bude ([ˈbuːdə]) and Büste ([ˈbʏstə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36673, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bude is recorded at frequency rank #9,872, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbuːdə]. Büste is at rank #26,801, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbʏstə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 36673, this pair ranks #1,609,588 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Bude vs Büste

Shared letters: be. Private to "Bude": du. Private to "Büste": stü.

"Bude" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Büste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Budebbude · bdue · budde · bued · ubde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Bude" and "Büste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbuːdə] versus [ˈbʏstə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Bude" or "Büste"?
"Bude" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,872 in our German list, against #26,801 for "Büste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Bude" and "Büste" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Büste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,609,588 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bude" and "Büste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bussi vs Büste". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,609,588 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list