Which to use
“blinks” and “bunks” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,310
- “blinks” frequency rank
- #45,249
- “bunks” frequency rank
- 83559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blinks | bunks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | a herbaceous annual plant of species Montia fontana, in the family Montiaceae, formerly included in the purslane family (Portulacaceae). | plural of bunk |
Where the eye mixes blinks and bunks
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses blinks with bunks
A purely visual mix-up. blinks (/blɪŋks/) and bunks (/bʌŋks/) 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 83559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blinks is recorded at frequency rank #38,310, classified as anoun, pronounced /blɪŋks/. bunks is at rank #45,249, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bʌŋks/.
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 83559, this pair ranks #13,567 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of blinks vs bunks
Shared letters: bkns. Private to "blinks": il. Private to "bunks": u.
"blinks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "bunks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "blinks" and "bunks" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "blinks" vs "bunks" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "blinks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bunks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,567 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blinks" and "bunks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bung vs bunks". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #13,567 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.