# but

> German word · Conjunction · IPA [bʌt] · frequency rank #6,402

## Definitions
1. aber
2. sondern

## Easily confused with
- **by** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/but-vs-by)
- **BVB** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/but-vs-bvb)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/but-vs-bye)
- **BVG** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/but-vs-bvg)
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/but-vs-buy)
- **BWL** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/but-vs-bwl)
- **Butt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/but-vs-butt)
- **Byte** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/but-vs-byte)
- **buzz** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/but-vs-buzz)
- **be** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/be-vs-but)
- **Br** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/br-vs-but)
- **Bi** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bi-vs-but)
- **BA** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ba-vs-but)
- **BH** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bh-vs-but)
- **bb** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bb-vs-but)
- **BC** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bc-vs-but)
- **BG** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bg-vs-but)
- **bu** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bu-vs-but)
- **BP** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bp-vs-but)
- **BS** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/bs-vs-but)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/but