# BDS

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #26,691

## Definitions
1. Initialism of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (academic qualification to practise dentistry in the UK and most of the Commonwealth except Canada)
2. Initialism of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.
3. Initialism of Bush Derangement Syndrome.

## Easily confused with
- **be** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-be)
- **by** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-by)
- **bi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bi)
- **BS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bs)
- **bo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bo)
- **br** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-br)
- **Bt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bt)
- **BP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bp)
- **bf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bf)
- **BL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bl)
- **BM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bm)
- **bn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bn)
- **BG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bg)
- **BJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bj)
- **BW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bw)
- **BH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bh)
- **BX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bx)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-but)
- **big** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-big)
- **bit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bds-vs-bit)

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