Which to use
“bands” is a verb and “bonus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,682
- “bands” frequency rank
- #4,253
- “bonus” frequency rank
- 9935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bands | bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs band | gut, tüchtig |
Letter map: bands vs bonus
Shared letters muted; letters that set bands and bonus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - bands and bonus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bands is averb and bonusanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bands is recorded at frequency rank #5,682, classified as averb, pronounced […]. bonus is at rank #4,253, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbɔnʊs].
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 9935, this pair ranks #1,977,564 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bands vs bonus
Shared letters: bns. Private to "bands": ad. Private to "bonus": ou.
"bands" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "bonus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bands" for "bonus" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "bands" or "bonus" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "bands" and "bonus". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "bands" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bonus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,977,564 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bands" and "bonus" 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 #1,977,564 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.