# bunting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ · frequency rank #27,390

## Definitions
1. Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
2. A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
3. Flags considered as a group.

## Etymology
Possibly from dialect bunting (“sifting flour”), from Middle English bonten (“to sift”), hence the material used for that purpose.
Possibly from Germanic bundt (“to bind or tie together”).

## Easily confused with
- **buying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-buying)
- **burning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-burning)
- **buzzing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-buzzing)
- **busting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-busting)
- **burying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-burying)
- **butting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-butting)
- **bushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-bushing)
- **bursting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-bursting)
- **bustling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunting-vs-bustling)
- **biting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biting-vs-bunting)
- **beating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beating-vs-bunting)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bunting)
- **binding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-bunting)
- **betting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/betting-vs-bunting)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batting-vs-bunting)
- **banning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banning-vs-bunting)
- **banging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banging-vs-bunting)
- **bending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bending-vs-bunting)
- **bonding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-bunting)
- **boating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boating-vs-bunting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbunting`, `bnuting`, `bunitng`, `bunnting`, `buntign`, `buntingg`, `buntinng`, `buntnig`, `buntting`, `butning`, `ubnting`

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