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bond

/bɑnd/noun, verb, adjective

bond is spelled B-O-N-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bond means “A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bond is bonds or π bonds.

How many letters and syllables are in bond?

Letters4: B-O-N-D
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing39 times per million words; the 2,523rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is bond?

Bond appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce bond?

  • UK /bɒnd/
  • US /bɑnd/
  • /bɔnd/

Bond has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: Bond_pronunciation.ogg, En-us-bond.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with bond?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bond from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnd/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of bond

  • bonds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • bonding participle, present
  • bonded participle, past
  • more bond comparative
  • most bond superlative
  • π bonds plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does bond mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registe

  2. 2

    A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.

    Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and

  3. 3

    A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond.

  4. 4

    A physical connection which binds, a band.

    The prisoner was brought before the tribunal in iron bonds.

  5. 5

    An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.

    They had grown up as friends and neighbors, and not even vastly differing political views could break the bond of their friendship.

  6. 6

    Moral or political duty or obligation.

  7. 7

    A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.

    Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbon bonds, in their many variations.

  8. 8

    A binding agreement, a covenant.

    You could rely on him. His word was his bond.

  9. 9

    A peasant; churl.

  10. 10

    A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.

verb

  1. 1

    To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.

    The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.

  2. 2

    To cause to adhere (one material with another).

    The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage.

  3. 3

    To form a chemical compound with.

    Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.

  4. 4

    To guarantee or secure a financial risk.

    The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter.

  5. 5

    To form a friendship or emotional connection.

    The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam.

  6. 6

    To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.

  7. 7

    To lay bricks in a specific pattern.

  8. 8

    To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).

    A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.

adjective

  1. 1

    Subject to the tenure called bondage.

  2. 2

    In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.

  3. 3

    Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.

    bond fear

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Bond in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanAnleihe (legal: evidence of a long-term debt), Schuldverschreibung, Obligation (finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or…), Band (that which binds, a band)
Frenchobligation (finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or…), lien, entrave (that which binds, a band), liaison (chemistry: link or force between neighbouring…), alliance (binding agreement, covenant), lier (to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind)
Portuguesevínculo (finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or…), ligação (that which binds, a band), laço (binding agreement, covenant)
Spanishenlace (chemistry: link or force between neighbouring…), vínculo (binding agreement, covenant), pegar (to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind), garantía, buena voluntad (partial payment by a customer to secure a…), lazo (emotional link, connection or union)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does bond come from?

From Middle English bond, a variant of band, from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandaz, *bandiz (“band, fetter”)، from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Swedish band. Doublet of Bund. Related to bind.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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