bondvsBundWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“bond” and “Bund” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,995
“bond” frequency rank
#1,872
“Bund” frequency rank
10867
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bond Bund
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 eine Gruppe von souveränen Staaten, die sich für eine gemeinsame (Teil-)Politik zusammentun

Letter map: bond vs Bund

Shared letters muted; letters that set bond and Bund apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
bond
4 ch
Bund

Pair insight - bond / Bund

bond and Bund are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - o in “bond” becomes u in “Bund”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bond is recorded at frequency rank #8,995, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Bund is at rank #1,872, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bʊnt].

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 10867, this pair ranks #1,972,922 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bond vs Bund

Shared letters: bdn. Private to "bond": o. Private to "Bund": u.

"bond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Bund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bondbbond · bnod · bodn · bondd · bonnd · obnd
  • Bundbbund · bnud · budn · bundd · bunnd · ubnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bond" and "Bund" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - o in “bond” becomes u in “Bund”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "bond" vs "Bund" - which ranks higher?
"Bund" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,872 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

Pair "bond" vs "Bund" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,972,922 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bond" and "Bund" 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 #1,972,922 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