Which to use
“bends” and “bonds” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,494
- “bends” frequency rank
- #4,507
- “bonds” frequency rank
- 23001
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bends | bonds |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of bend | plural of bond |
Where the eye mixes bends and bonds
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: bends vs bonds
A purely visual mix-up. bends (/bɛndz/) and bonds (/bɑndz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “bends” becomes o in “bonds”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23001, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bends is recorded at frequency rank #18,494, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɛndz/. bonds is at rank #4,507, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɑndz/.
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 23001, this pair ranks #412,450 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bends vs bonds
Shared letters: bdns. Private to "bends": e. Private to "bonds": o.
"bends" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "bonds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bends" and "bonds" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bends" or "bonds"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bends" and "bonds" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bonds" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,450 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bends" and "bonds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bends vs bendy". 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 #412,450 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.