BundvsbündigWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Bund is a noun, bündig is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Bund” is a noun and “bündig” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,872
“Bund” frequency rank
#33,506
“bündig” frequency rank
35378
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bund bündig
Definition eine Gruppe von souveränen Staaten, die sich für eine gemeinsame (Teil-)Politik zusammentun auf gleicher Höhe abschließend, genau zusammen oder ineinander passend, eben, winkelrecht

Where the eye mixes Bund and bündig

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Bund
6 ch
bündig

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Bund is [bʊnt] while bündig is [ˈbʏndɪç]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35378, 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]. bündig is at rank #33,506, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʏndɪç].

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 35378, this pair ranks #1,641,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Bund vs bündig

Shared letters: bdn. Private to "Bund": u. Private to "bündig": giü.

"Bund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "bündig" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bundbbund · bnud · budn · bundd · bunnd · ubnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Bund" and "bündig" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Bund" is a noun and "bündig" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Bund" or "bündig"?
"Bund" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,872 in our German list, against #33,506 for "bündig". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list