Which to use
“bunker” and “Butter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,949
- “bunker” frequency rank
- #38,182
- “Butter” frequency rank
- 57131
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bunker | Butter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Casemate où l’on peut s’abriter contre une attaque, une intempérie, une force externe. | Beurre (aliment). |
Where the eye mixes bunker and Butter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. bunker and Butter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses bunker with Butter
A purely visual mix-up. bunker (\buŋ.kœʁ\) and Butter (\ˈbʊ.tɛr\) 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 57131, 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\. Butter is at rank #38,182, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈbʊ.tɛr\.
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 57131, this pair ranks #116,875 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bunker vs Butter
Shared letters: beru. Private to "bunker": kn. Private to "Butter": t.
"bunker" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Butter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bunker" and "Butter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "bunker" vs "Butter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "Butter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,875 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bunker" and "Butter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Butt vs Butter". 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 #116,875 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.