bandevsBlindeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“bande” and “Blinde” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,959
“bande” frequency rank
#11,396
“Blinde” frequency rank
16355
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bande Blinde
Definition Band; Banderole; Binde; Patronengurt; Rotte; Schar; Streifband; Streifen; Trupp; Warenbahn weibliche Person, die nicht sehen kann

Where the eye mixes bande and Blinde

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
bande
6 ch
Blinde

Look-alike desk: bande vs Blinde

A purely visual mix-up. bande ([bɑ̃d]) and Blinde ([ˈblɪndə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16355, 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]. Blinde is at rank #11,396, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈblɪndə].

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 16355, this pair ranks #1,936,534 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bande vs Blinde

Shared letters: bden. Private to "bande": a. Private to "Blinde": il.

"bande" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Blinde" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bandeabnde · bandde · baned · bannde · bbande · bnade
  • Blindebblinde · bilnde · blidne · blindde · blined · blinnde · bllinde · blnide

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bande" and "Blinde" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([bɑ̃d] versus [ˈblɪndə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "bande" or "Blinde"?
"bande" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,959 in our German list, against #11,396 for "Blinde". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Blinde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,936,534 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bande" and "Blinde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Blinde vs blonder". 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 #1,936,534 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list