Which to use
“bunker” and “buster” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,949
- “bunker” frequency rank
- #31,383
- “buster” frequency rank
- 50332
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bunker | buster |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Casemate où l’on peut s’abriter contre une attaque, une intempérie, une force externe. | (principalement dans la construction buster of…) Casseur, destructeur, exploseur de… dans le sens personne qui casse, détruit, explose un type d'objet donné. |
Where the eye mixes bunker and buster
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. bunker and buster follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between bunker and buster
A purely visual mix-up. bunker (\buŋ.kœʁ\) and buster (\ˈbʌs.tə(ɹ)\) 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 50332, 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\. buster is at rank #31,383, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈbʌs.tə(ɹ)\.
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 50332, this pair ranks #163,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bunker vs buster
Shared letters: beru. Private to "bunker": kn. Private to "buster": st.
"bunker" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "buster" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bunker" for "buster" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bunker" or "buster"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "bunker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "buster" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bunker" and "buster" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blaster vs buster". 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 #163,466 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.