bonde

\bɔ̃d\

/\bɔ̃d\/ noun

The verdict

“bonde” is uncommon French (frequency #58,460 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,460
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouverture destinée à faire écouler l’eau d’un étang, d’un tonneau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bonde · bonde · French

bonde · rank #58,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,460
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boer

Nearest frequency peer: boer (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bonde »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bonde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bonde
PropertyValue
Headwordbonde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ̃d\
Letters5
Frequency rank#58,460
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bonde » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bondetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « boer » (#58,459), « bourrasque » (#58,461), « blockhaus » (#58,458). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bonde » est au #58,460. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bonde is uncommon French at frequency #58,460 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

bonde has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bonde, spelled B-O-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouverture destinée à faire écouler l’eau d’un étang, d’un tonneau.
  2. 2
    Tampon ou pièce de bois ou silicone qui bouche cette ouverture. Quand il s’agit d’un tonneau de vin, on dit aussi bondon.
  3. 3
    Pièce en métal à l’orifice des lavabos ou des éviers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est alors que la fermentation s'opère ; elle s'achève dans des tonneaux dont on laisse les bondes ouvertes.
  2. Je vidais le contenu de la cruche par le trou de bonde du baril.

This word in other languages

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 "bonde"?
"bonde" is spelled B-O-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ̃d\.
What does "bonde" mean?
As a noun, "bonde" means: Ouverture destinée à faire écouler l’eau d’un étang, d’un tonneau.
How do you pronounce "bonde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bonde" is \bɔ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bonde" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list