bingovsbonoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: bingo is a intj, bono is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bingo” is an intj and “bono” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,786
“bingo” frequency rank
#28,573
“bono” frequency rank
42359
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bingo bono
Definition Ausruf nach einem geglückten Erlebnis Dativ Singular Maskulinum des Adjektivs bonus

Letter map: bingo vs bono

Shared letters muted; letters that set bingo and bono apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
bingo
4 ch
bono

Part-of-speech tell for bingo / bono

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bingo is anintj and bonoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bingo is recorded at frequency rank #13,786, classified as anintj, pronounced [ˈbɪŋɡo]. bono is at rank #28,573, tagged as anadj, 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 42359, this pair ranks #1,451,784 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bingo vs bono

Shared letters: bno. Private to "bingo": gi. Private to "bono": -.

"bingo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "bono" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bingobbingo · bigno · binggo · binngo · binog · bnigo · ibngo
  • bonobbono · bnoo · bonno · boon · obno

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bingo" for "bono" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bingo" is an intj and "bono" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "bingo" or "bono"?
"bingo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,786 in our German list, against #28,573 for "bono". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "bingo" and "bono". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bingo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bono" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,451,784 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bingo" and "bono" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bono 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 #1,451,784 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