baús vs but, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“baús” is a noun and “but” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,199
“baús” frequency rank: #7,254
“but” frequency rank: 54453
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	baús	but
Definition	plural de baú	mas, porém, todavia

Letter map: baús vs but

Shared letters muted; letters that set baús and but apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. baús runs 4 letters (CVVC) against but's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch

baús

3 ch

but

Part-of-speech tell for baús / but

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: baús is anoun and butaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

baús is recorded at frequency rank #47,199, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɐ.ˈu/. but is at rank #7,254, tagged as aconj.

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 54453, this pair ranks #11,247 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of baús vs but

Shared letters: b. Private to "baús": asú. Private to "but": tu.

"baús" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "but" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "baús" for "but" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "baús" is a noun and "but" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "baús" vs "but" - which ranks higher?

"but" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,254 in our Portuguese list, against #47,199 for "baús". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "baús" and "but". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "baús" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "but" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #11,247 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"baús" and "but" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baús vs bué". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #11,247 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.