# budge vs bugged

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### budge
*verb · IPA /bʌd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #21,462*
To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.

### bugged
*verb · IPA /bʌɡd/ · frequency rank #25,691*
simple past and past participle of bug

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