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Which to use

“bund” and “bundle” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,229
“bund” frequency rank
#7,890
“bundle” frequency rank
47119
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bund bundle
Definition A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states. A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.

Where the eye mixes bund and bundle

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
bund
6 ch
bundle

Visual trap between bund and bundle

A purely visual mix-up. bund (/bʊnd/) and bundle (/ˈbʌn.dl̩/) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “bund” sits inside “bundle”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47119, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bund is recorded at frequency rank #39,229, classified as anoun, pronounced /bʊnd/. bundle is at rank #7,890, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbʌn.dl̩/.

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 47119, this pair ranks #205,399 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bund vs bundle

Shared letters: bdnu. Private to "bund": -. Private to "bundle": el.

"bund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "bundle" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bundbbund · bnud · budn · bundd · bunnd · ubnd
  • bundlebbundle · bnudle · budnle · bunddle · bundel · bundlle · bunlde · bunndle

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bund" for "bundle" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/bʊnd/ versus /ˈbʌn.dl̩/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "bund" vs "bundle" - which ranks higher?
"bundle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,890 in our English list, against #39,229 for "bund". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "bund" and "bundle" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bund" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bundle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,399 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bund" and "bundle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bendy vs bund". 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 #205,399 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list