bondsvsBundWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#34,022
“bonds” frequency rank
#1,872
“Bund” frequency rank
35894
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bonds Bund
Definition Plural des Substantivs bond eine Gruppe von souveränen Staaten, die sich für eine gemeinsame (Teil-)Politik zusammentun

Letter map: bonds vs Bund

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

5 ch
bonds
4 ch
Bund

Spelling & dictionary notes on bonds vs Bund

bonds 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bonds is recorded at frequency rank #34,022, 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 35894, this pair ranks #1,628,962 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bonds vs Bund

Shared letters: bdn. Private to "bonds": os. Private to "Bund": u.

"bonds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Bund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bondsbbonds · bnods · bodns · bondds · bondss · bonnds · bonsd · obnds
  • Bundbbund · bnud · budn · bundd · bunnd · ubnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bonds" for "Bund" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "bonds" 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 #34,022 for "bonds". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bonds" and "Bund".

  • Full dictionary entry for "bonds" 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 #1,628,962 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bonds" and "Bund" 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 #1,628,962 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