# bug vs but

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bug
*noun · IPA /bʌɡ/ · frequency rank #5,105*
An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).

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

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