# bundle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʌn.dl̩/ · frequency rank #7,890

## Definitions
1. A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
2. A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
3. A group of products or services sold together as a unit.
4. A large amount, especially of money.
5. A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
6. A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.
7. A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
8. A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).
9. A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.
10. Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.

## Etymology
From Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel or Old English byndele, byndelle (“a binding; tying; fastening with bands”); both from Proto-Germanic *bundil-, derivative of *bundą (“bundle”). Compare also bindle, Dutch bundel, German Bündel.

## Easily confused with
- **Bundy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bundle-vs-bundy)
- **bustle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bundle-vs-bustle)
- **bungee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bundle-vs-bungee)
- **bund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bund-vs-bundle)
- **budge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/budge-vs-bundle)
- **bugle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bugle-vs-bundle)
- **bubble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bubble-vs-bundle)
- **buckle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckle-vs-bundle)
- **bumble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bumble-vs-bundle)
- **bridle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridle-vs-bundle)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbundle`, `bnudle`, `budnle`, `bunddle`, `bundel`, `bundlle`, `bunlde`, `bunndle`, `ubndle`

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