# Buff vs but

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Buff
*noun · IPA [baf] · frequency rank #48,030*
Verstärkungszauber, der die Attribute eines Spielers verbessert

### 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/buff-vs-but