# bung

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʌŋ/ · frequency rank #48,104

## Definitions
1. A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
2. The cecum or anus, especially of livestock.
3. The human anus.
4. A bribe.
5. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bung-hole.
6. A sharper or pickpocket.
7. The landlord of a public house.

## Etymology
From Medieval Dutch bonge, bonne or bonghe (“stopper”), or perhaps from French bonde, which may itself be either of Germanic origin or from Proto-Celtic *bunda—either way probably from puncta (“hole”), the feminine singular form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“pierce into, prick”).

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

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbung`, `bnug`, `bugn`, `bungg`, `bunng`, `ubng`

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