bondadesvsbordadosConfusable pair

Quick tell: bondades is a noun, bordados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bondades” is a noun and “bordados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,761
“bondades” frequency rank
#23,693
“bordados” frequency rank
48454
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bondades bordados
Definition Forma del plural de bondad Forma del plural de bordado, participio de bordar.

Where the eye mixes bondades and bordados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
bondades
8 ch
bordados

Why the eye confuses bondades with bordados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bondades is [bõn̪ˈd̪að̞es] while bordados is [boɾˈð̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bondades is recorded at frequency rank #24,761, classified as anoun, pronounced [bõn̪ˈd̪að̞es]. bordados is at rank #23,693, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [boɾˈð̞að̞os].

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 48454, this pair ranks #114,395 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bondades vs bordados

Shared letters: abdos. Private to "bondades": en. Private to "bordados": r.

"bondades" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "bordados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bondadesbbondades · bnodades · bodnades · bonaddes · bondaddes · bondadess · bondadse · bondaeds
  • bordadosbbordados · bodrados · boraddos · bordaddos · bordadoss · bordadso · bordaods · borddados

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bondades" and "bordados" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bondades" is a noun and "bordados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "bondades" or "bordados" show up more?
"bordados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,693 in our Spanish list, against #24,761 for "bondades". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "bondades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bordados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,395 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bondades" and "bordados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bondades vs bondadosa". 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 #114,395 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list