bonds

\bɔ̃\

/\bɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“bonds” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,343
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bond.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bonds · bonds · French

bonds · rank #27,343 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,343
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bocage

Nearest frequency peer: bocage (-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 « bonds »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bonds » 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).

bonds vs bos
60% similar
bonds vs bons
80% similar
bonds vs boss
60% similar

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

Key facts for bonds
PropertyValue
Headwordbonds
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,343
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bonds »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bondsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bocage » (#27,342), « boomerang » (#27,344), « bilatérale » (#27,341). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bonds » est au #27,343. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bonds (IPA \bɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,343 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bond.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bonds, with forms such as "bbonds", "bnods", and "bodns". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bos", "bons", "boss", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bonds, spelled B-O-N-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bond.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et dans la rue, maître Guillaume parlait, la mère oreillait, et François, suspendu à leurs mains, faisait des bonds à pieds joints par-dessus les flaques, « comme avec père, dis, maman » ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbonds
  • bnods
  • bodns
  • bondds
  • bondss
  • bonnds
  • bonsd
  • obnds

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bonds - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbonds1bnods2bodns2bondds1bondss1bonnds1bonsd2obnds2
Edit distance from "bonds"

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 "bonds"?
"bonds" is spelled B-O-N-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ̃\.
What does "bonds" mean?
As a noun, "bonds" means: Pluriel de bond.
What words are commonly confused with "bonds"?
"bonds" is commonly confused with "bos", "bons", "boss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bonds"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bonds" is \bɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bonds" come from?
"bonds" 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 "bonds", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

bruni#27,352aïeux#27,331celte#27,360apnée#27,318

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

bocage8 variantsaumône8 variantsattiser8 variantsamasser8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list