# buh vs but

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### buh
*intj · IPA [buː] · frequency rank #43,079*
Ausruf bei der Absicht, jemanden zu erschrecken

### 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/buh-vs-but