# bun

> English word · Noun · IPA /bʌn/ · frequency rank #13,674

## Definitions
1. Senses referring to baked goods.
2. Senses referring to baked goods.
3. Senses referring to baked goods.
4. Senses referring to baked goods.
5. A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
6. A drunken spree.
7. A newbie.
8. A young girl or woman.
9. A buttock.
10. The vagina.

## Etymology
From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungu (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch.

## Easily confused with
- **by** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-by)
- **BW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-bw)
- **BX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-bx)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-but)
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-buy)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-bus)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-bye)
- **BYU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-byu)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-bur)
- **busy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-busy)
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-burn)
- **bush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-bush)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-butt)
- **buzz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-buzz)
- **bust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-bust)
- **buys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-buys)
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-bury)
- **bunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-bunk)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-burt)
- **buns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bun-vs-buns)

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