# BFS vs but

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### BFS
*name · frequency rank #49,790*
Initialism of Bureau of the Fiscal Service.

### but
*preposition · IPA /ˈbʌt/ · frequency rank #25*
Apart from, except (for), excluding.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bfs-vs-but