blindvsbondWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: blind is a adjective, bond is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“blind” is an adjective and “bond” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,252
“blind” frequency rank
#8,995
“bond” frequency rank
13247
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blind bond
Definition des Sehens nicht fähig im Rechtswesen ein Beweis in Form einer Urkunde mit Vereinbarungen für eine langfristige Schuld, durch die der Aussteller (Darlehensnehmer) bei Fälligkeit zur Zahlung von Zinsen und zur Rückzahlung des Darlehens verpflichtet ist

Letter map: blind vs bond

Shared letters muted; letters that set blind and bond apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. blind runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against bond's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
blind
4 ch
bond

Part-of-speech tell for blind / bond

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: blind is anadjective and bondanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13247, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blind is recorded at frequency rank #4,252, classified as anadj, pronounced [blɪnt]. bond is at rank #8,995, tagged as anoun, 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 13247, this pair ranks #1,959,159 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of blind vs bond

Shared letters: bdn. Private to "blind": il. Private to "bond": o.

"blind" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "bond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • blind ← bblind · bilnd · blidn · blindd · blinnd · bllind · blnid · lbind
  • bond ← bbond · bnod · bodn · bondd · bonnd · obnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "blind" and "bond" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blind" is an adjective and "bond" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "blind" or "bond"?
"blind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,252 in our German list, against #8,995 for "bond". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "blind" and "bond".

  • Full dictionary entry for "blind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bond" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,959,159 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blind" and "bond" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bond 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 #1,959,159 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