bond
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "bond", 4-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "bond" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "bond" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
bond is aEnglishnoun. It 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 principal at maturity, as specified on the face of t... Pronounced /bɒnd/. It ranks #2,517 in English word frequency. Often confused with boy and box.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bond |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɒnd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bond is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bɒnd/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,517 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for bond, with forms such as "bbond", "bnod", and "bodn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "boy", "box", "bow", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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”). Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Swedish band. Doubl… Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is bond, spelled B-O-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A 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: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
- 2A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
- 3A 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.
- 4A physical connection which binds, a band.
- 5An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
- 6Moral or political duty or obligation.
- 7A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
- 8A binding agreement, a covenant.
- 9The state of being stored in a bonded warehouse
- 10A bail bond.
- 11Bond paper.
- 12Any constraining or cementing force or material.
- 13In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.
- 14A mortgage.
- 15A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
Etymology
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”). Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Swedish band. Doublet of Bund. Related to bind.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbond,bnod,bodn,bondd,bonnd,obnd
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bond
Misspelling Variants of "bond"
Frequency rank: #2,517 in English
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