bondage

\bɔ̃.daʒ\

/\bɔ̃.daʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“bondage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,149. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,149
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pratique érotique qui consiste à attacher son ou sa partenaire à l’aide de cordes, de bâillons, de bande adhésive, de lanières ou de chaînes, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bondage · bondage · French

bondage · rank #41,149 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,149
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bombardée

Nearest frequency peer: bombardée (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bondage »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bondage » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bondage vs bondée
71% similar
bondage vs bronzage
75% similar
bondage vs bocage
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bondage
PropertyValue
Headwordbondage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ̃.daʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,149
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bondage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bondagese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bombardée » (#41,148), « bonjours » (#41,150), « blow » (#41,147). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bondage » est au #41,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bondage (IPA \bɔ̃.daʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,149 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pratique érotique qui consiste à attacher son ou sa partenaire à l’aide de cordes, de bâillons, de bande adhésive, de lanières ou de chaînes, etc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bondage, with forms such as "bbondage", "bnodage", and "bodnage". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "bondée", "bronzage", "bocage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bondage, spelled B-O-N-D-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pratique érotique qui consiste à attacher son ou sa partenaire à l’aide de cordes, de bâillons, de bande adhésive, de lanières ou de chaînes, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bondage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L'homme peut être un objet sexuel allant jusqu'à être réduit à l'état d'esclave sexuel par un gang bang de femmes. […]. Les hommes subissent alors une soumission et des humiliations plus ou moins poussées, passant par le bondage, le pony play, le footjob, la masturbation attaché, les fessées...

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbondage
  • bnodage
  • bodnage
  • bonadge
  • bondaeg
  • bondagge
  • bonddage
  • bondgae
  • bonndage
  • obndage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bondage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbondage1bnodage2bodnage2bonadge2bondaeg2bondagge1bonddage1bondgae2
Edit distance from "bondage"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bondage"?
"bondage" is spelled B-O-N-D-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ̃.daʒ\.
What does "bondage" mean?
As a noun, "bondage" means: Pratique érotique qui consiste à attacher son ou sa partenaire à l’aide de cordes, de bâillons, de bande adhésive, de lanières ou de chaînes, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "bondage"?
"bondage" is commonly confused with "bondée", "bronzage", "bocage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bondage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bondage" is \bɔ̃.daʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bondage" come from?
"bondage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bondage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list