# bund

> English word · Noun · IPA /bʊnd/ · frequency rank #39,229

## Definitions
1. A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
2. A group of foreign sympathizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II.

## Etymology
From German Bund (“alliance, league”). Doublet of Bund, bond, and band.

## Easily confused with
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-but)
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-buy)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-bus)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-bur)
- **busy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-busy)
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-burn)
- **bush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-bush)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-butt)
- **buzz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-buzz)
- **bust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-bust)
- **buys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-buys)
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-bury)
- **bunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-bunk)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-burt)
- **buns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-buns)
- **burr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-burr)
- **buoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-buoy)
- **buss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-buss)
- **bunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-bunt)
- **Burg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-burg)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbund`, `bnud`, `budn`, `bundd`, `bunnd`, `ubnd`

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