Which to use
“Bui” is a name and “built” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,638
- “Bui” frequency rank
- #895
- “built” frequency rank
- 49533
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Bui | built |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | well-built, muscular or toned. |
Letter map: Bui vs built
Shared letters muted; letters that set Bui and built apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for Bui / built
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Bui is aname and builtanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Bui” sits inside “built”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49533, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Bui is recorded at frequency rank #48,638, classified as aname. built is at rank #895, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈbɪlt/.
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 49533, this pair ranks #182,686 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Bui vs built
Shared letters: biu. Private to "Bui": -. Private to "built": lt.
"Bui" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "built" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- built ← bbuilt · biult · buillt · builtt · buitl · bulit · ubilt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Bui" and "built" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Bui" vs "built" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Bui" and "built".
- Full dictionary entry for "Bui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "built" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,686 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Bui" and "built" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "BFS vs Bui". 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 #182,686 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.