# bards vs buds

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bards
*noun · IPA /bɑɹdz/ · frequency rank #41,524*
plural of bard

### buds
*noun · IPA /bʌdz/ · frequency rank #12,381*
plural of bud

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bards-vs-buds