blondesvsbonesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#31,973
“blondes” frequency rank
#27,227
“bones” frequency rank
59200
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blondes bones
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blond Plural des Substantivs bone

Letter map: blondes vs bones

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

7 ch
blondes
5 ch
bones

Part-of-speech tell for blondes / bones

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: blondes is anadjective and bonesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59200, 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]. bones is at rank #27,227, 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 59200, this pair ranks #833,505 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of blondes vs bones

Shared letters: benos. Private to "blondes": dl. Private to "bones": -.

"blondes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "bones" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • blondesbblondes · bllondes · blnodes · blodnes · blonddes · blondess · blondse · bloneds
  • bonesbbones · bnoes · boens · boness · bonnes · bonse · obnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "blondes" and "bones" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blondes" is an adjective and "bones" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "blondes" or "bones" show up more?
"bones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,227 in our German list, against #31,973 for "blondes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "blondes" and "bones".

  • Full dictionary entry for "blondes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #833,505 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blondes" and "bones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blonder vs blondes". 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 #833,505 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