bondvsbuntWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,995
“bond” frequency rank
#6,284
“bunt” frequency rank
15279
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bond bunt
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 viele Farben nebeneinander aufweisend

Letter map: bond vs bunt

Shared letters muted; letters that set bond and bunt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
bond
4 ch
bunt

Role in the sentence - bond and bunt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bond is anoun and buntanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bond is recorded at frequency rank #8,995, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. bunt is at rank #6,284, tagged as anadj, 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 15279, this pair ranks #1,945,101 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bond vs bunt

Shared letters: bn. Private to "bond": do. Private to "bunt": tu.

"bond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "bunt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bondbbond · bnod · bodn · bondd · bonnd · obnd
  • buntbbunt · bnut · bunnt · buntt · butn · ubnt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bond" for "bunt" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bond" is a noun and "bunt" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "bond" or "bunt" show up more?
"bunt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,284 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "bond" vs "bunt" 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 "bunt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,945,101 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bond" and "bunt" 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 #1,945,101 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