# bound

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbaʊnd/ · frequency rank #3,212

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of bind

## Etymology
From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind.

## Easily confused with
- **bud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bud)
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bun)
- **bout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bout)
- **Boyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-boyd)
- **bunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bunk)
- **buns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-buns)
- **Budd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-budd)
- **bunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bunt)
- **bund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bund)
- **bung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bung)
- **brand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-brand)
- **Bruno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bruno)
- **boxed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-boxed)
- **bowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bowed)
- **bouts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bouts)
- **Bundy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bundy)
- **brunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-brunt)
- **Bruni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bruni)
- **bounty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bounty)
- **bounds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bound-vs-bounds)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbound`, `bonud`, `boudn`, `boundd`, `bounnd`, `buond`, `obund`

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