bondsvsBündeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: bonds is a noun, Bünde is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bonds” is a noun and “Bünde” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,022
“bonds” frequency rank
#29,054
“Bünde” frequency rank
63076
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bonds Bünde
Definition Plural des Substantivs bond eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Letter map: bonds vs Bünde

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

5 ch
bonds
5 ch
Bünde

Role in the sentence - bonds and Bünde

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bonds is anoun and Bündeaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63076, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bonds is recorded at frequency rank #34,022, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Bünde is at rank #29,054, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈbʏndə].

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 63076, this pair ranks #689,735 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bonds vs Bünde

Shared letters: bdn. Private to "bonds": os. Private to "Bünde": .

"bonds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Bünde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bondsbbonds · bnods · bodns · bondds · bondss · bonnds · bonsd · obnds

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bonds" for "Bünde" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bonds" is a noun and "Bünde" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "bonds" or "Bünde"?
"Bünde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,054 in our German list, against #34,022 for "bonds". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "bonds" and "Bünde". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bonds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bünde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #689,735 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bonds" and "Bünde" 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 #689,735 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