Which to use
“bande” is a noun and “bands” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,959
- “bande” frequency rank
- #5,682
- “bands” frequency rank
- 10641
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bande | bands |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Band; Banderole; Binde; Patronengurt; Rotte; Schar; Streifband; Streifen; Trupp; Warenbahn | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs band |
Letter map: bande vs bands
Shared letters muted; letters that set bande and bands apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for bande / bands
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bande is anoun and bandsaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “bande” becomes s in “bands”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bande is recorded at frequency rank #4,959, classified as anoun, pronounced [bɑ̃d]. bands is at rank #5,682, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
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 10641, this pair ranks #1,974,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bande vs bands
Shared letters: abdn. Private to "bande": e. Private to "bands": s.
"bande" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "bands" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bande" and "bands" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "bande" vs "bands" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bande" and "bands".
- Full dictionary entry for "bande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bands" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,974,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bande" and "bands" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bands vs puzzles". 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 #1,974,086 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.