BundvsBürdeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#1,872
“Bund” frequency rank
#33,507
“Bürde” frequency rank
35379
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bund Bürde
Definition eine Gruppe von souveränen Staaten, die sich für eine gemeinsame (Teil-)Politik zusammentun Last mit hohem Gewicht

Where the eye mixes Bund and Bürde

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

4 ch
Bund
5 ch
Bürde

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. Bund ([bʊnt]) and Bürde ([ˈbʏʁdə]) 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 35379, 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]. Bürde is at rank #33,507, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbʏʁdə].

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 35379, this pair ranks #1,641,406 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Bund vs Bürde

Shared letters: bd. Private to "Bund": nu. Private to "Bürde": erü.

"Bund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Bürde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Bund" and "Bürde" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([bʊnt] versus [ˈbʏʁdə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Bund" or "Bürde"?
"Bund" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,872 in our German list, against #33,507 for "Bürde". 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