blondesvsbondsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#31,973
“blondes” frequency rank
#34,022
“bonds” frequency rank
65995
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blondes bonds
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond Plural des Substantivs bond

Letter map: blondes vs bonds

Shared letters muted; letters that set blondes and bonds apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
blondes
5 ch
bonds

Role in the sentence - blondes and bonds

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: blondes is anadjective and bondsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blondes is recorded at frequency rank #31,973, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈblɔndəs]. bonds is at rank #34,022, 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 65995, this pair ranks #588,059 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of blondes vs bonds

Shared letters: bdnos. Private to "blondes": el. Private to "bonds": -.

"blondes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "bonds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • blondesbblondes · bllondes · blnodes · blodnes · blonddes · blondess · blondse · bloneds
  • bondsbbonds · bnods · bodns · bondds · bondss · bonnds · bonsd · obnds

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "blondes" for "bonds" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blondes" is an adjective and "bonds" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "blondes" vs "bonds" - which ranks higher?
"blondes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,973 in our German list, against #34,022 for "bonds". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "blondes" vs "bonds" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "blondes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bonds" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #588,059 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blondes" and "bonds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bonds 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 #588,059 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