Which to use
“bunker” and “butler” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,660
- “bunker” frequency rank
- #6,219
- “butler” frequency rank
- 17879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bunker | butler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks. | A manservant having charge of wines and liquors. |
Where the eye mixes bunker and butler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: bunker vs butler
A purely visual mix-up. bunker (/ˈbʌŋ.kə/) and butler (/ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bunker is recorded at frequency rank #11,660, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈbʌŋ.kə/. butler is at rank #6,219, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/.
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 17879, this pair ranks #448,529 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bunker vs butler
Shared letters: beru. Private to "bunker": kn. Private to "butler": lt.
"bunker" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "butler" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bunker" for "butler" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "bunker" or "butler" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bunker" and "butler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bunker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "butler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #448,529 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bunker" and "butler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bicker vs bunker". 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 #448,529 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.