# bonding

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #11,511

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is bonded or joined together.
2. A relationship between a parent and offspring that establishes the basis for an ongoing mutual attachment.
3. A close friendship that develops between adults, often as a result of intense experiences, as those shared in military combat.
4. A method of aggregating multiple network interfaces on a computer into a single logical interface
5. An arrangement by which goods remain in the customs warehouses until the duties are paid.

## Easily confused with
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-boring)
- **boxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-boxing)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-bowing)
- **booing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-booing)
- **bowling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-bowling)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-booking)
- **booming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-booming)
- **budding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-budding)
- **bunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-bunting)
- **booting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-booting)
- **branding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-branding)
- **bouncing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-bouncing)
- **brooding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-brooding)
- **bounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-bounding)
- **bundling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonding-vs-bundling)
- **Bondi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bondi-vs-bonding)
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boing-vs-bonding)
- **Boeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boeing-vs-bonding)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banking-vs-bonding)
- **binding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binding-vs-bonding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbonding`, `bnoding`, `bodning`, `bondding`, `bondign`, `bondingg`, `bondinng`, `bondnig`, `bonidng`, `bonnding`, `obnding`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bonding