Which to use
“bunker” and “burger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,949
- “bunker” frequency rank
- #10,123
- “burger” frequency rank
- 29072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bunker | burger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Casemate où l’on peut s’abriter contre une attaque, une intempérie, une force externe. | Hamburger. |
Where the eye mixes bunker and burger
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses bunker with burger
A purely visual mix-up. bunker (\buŋ.kœʁ\) and burger (\bœʁ.ɡœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bunker is recorded at frequency rank #18,949, classified as anoun, pronounced \buŋ.kœʁ\. burger is at rank #10,123, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bœʁ.ɡœʁ\.
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 29072, this pair ranks #318,924 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bunker vs burger
Shared letters: beru. Private to "bunker": kn. Private to "burger": g.
"bunker" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "burger" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bunker" for "burger" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bunker" or "burger"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bunker" and "burger" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bunker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "burger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,924 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bunker" and "burger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bunker vs bunkers". 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 #318,924 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.