Which to use
“bond” is a noun and “bonus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,995
- “bond” frequency rank
- #4,253
- “bonus” frequency rank
- 13248
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bond | bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 | gut, tüchtig |
Letter map: bond vs bonus
Shared letters muted; letters that set bond and bonus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. bond runs 4 letters (CVCC) against bonus's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for bond / bonus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bond is anoun and bonusanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bond is recorded at frequency rank #8,995, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. bonus is at rank #4,253, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbɔnʊs].
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 13248, this pair ranks #1,959,152 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bond vs bonus
Shared letters: bno. Private to "bond": d. Private to "bonus": su.
"bond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "bonus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bond" and "bonus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bond" or "bonus"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bond" and "bonus".
- Full dictionary entry for "bond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bonus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,959,152 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bond" and "bonus" 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 #1,959,152 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.