Which to use
“Bund” is a noun and “Bünde” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,872
- “Bund” frequency rank
- #29,054
- “Bünde” frequency rank
- 30926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Bund | Bünde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Gruppe von souveränen Staaten, die sich für eine gemeinsame (Teil-)Politik zusammentun | eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland |
Where the eye mixes Bund and Bünde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Bund vs Bünde
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Bund is [bʊnt] while Bünde is [ˈbʏndə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Bund is recorded at frequency rank #1,872, classified as anoun, pronounced [bʊnt]. Bünde is at rank #29,054, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈbʏndə].
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 30926, this pair ranks #1,738,289 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Bund vs Bünde
Shared letters: bdn. Private to "Bund": u. Private to "Bünde": eü.
"Bund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Bünde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Bund ← bbund · bnud · budn · bundd · bunnd · ubnd
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Bund" and "Bünde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Bund" or "Bünde" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Bund" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Bünde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,738,289 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Bund" and "Bünde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bonne vs Bünde". 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 #1,738,289 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.