Which to use
“buis” is a noun and “Bund” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,864
- “buis” frequency rank
- #40,644
- “Bund” frequency rank
- 69508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | buis | Bund |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genre de la famille des Buxacées comprenant l’espèce Buxus sempervirens, arbrisseau sempervirent, dont le bois, jaunâtre et très dur, et surtout celui de sa racine sont d’un grand usage dans la tabletterie. → voir Buxus | Parti révolutionnaire israélite, fondé en Russie en 1897, et ayant des antennes dans divers pays européens. |
Where the eye mixes buis and Bund
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. buis (CVVC) and Bund (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses buis with Bund
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: buis is \bɥi\ while Bund is \bund\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
buis is recorded at frequency rank #28,864, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɥi\. Bund is at rank #40,644, tagged as aname, pronounced \bund\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 69508, this pair ranks #54,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of buis vs Bund
Shared letters: bu. Private to "buis": is. Private to "Bund": dn.
"buis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Bund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "buis" for "Bund" ever safe?
Which is more common, "buis" or "Bund"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "buis" and "Bund" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "buis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Bund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "buis" and "Bund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bund vs bury". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #54,855 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.