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

#19,162
“Binde” frequency rank
#30,966
“bone” frequency rank
50128
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Binde bone
Definition schmaler gewebter oder geschnittener Stoffstreifen Knochen

Where the eye mixes Binde and bone

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Binde
4 ch
bone

Look-alike desk: Binde vs bone

A purely visual mix-up. Binde ([ˈbɪndə]) and bone ([bəʊn]) 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 50128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Binde is recorded at frequency rank #19,162, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbɪndə]. bone is at rank #30,966, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bəʊn].

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 50128, this pair ranks #1,185,605 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Binde vs bone

Shared letters: ben. Private to "Binde": di. Private to "bone": o.

"Binde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "bone" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bindebbinde · bidne · bindde · bined · binnde · bnide · ibnde
  • bonebbone · bnoe

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Binde" and "bone" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbɪndə] versus [bəʊn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Binde" or "bone" show up more?
"Binde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,162 in our German list, against #30,966 for "bone". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Binde" and "bone" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Binde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,185,605 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Binde" and "bone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bone vs Borneo". 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 #1,185,605 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