Which to use
“bane” and “bonté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,740
- “bane” frequency rank
- #9,612
- “bonté” frequency rank
- 57352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bane | bonté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hotte pour les vendanges. | Qualité de ce qui est bon. |
Where the eye mixes bane and bonté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. bane runs 4 letters (CVCV) against bonté's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between bane and bonté
A purely visual mix-up. bane (\ban\) and bonté (\bɔ̃.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bane is recorded at frequency rank #47,740, classified as anoun, pronounced \ban\. bonté is at rank #9,612, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɔ̃.te\.
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 57352, this pair ranks #115,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bane vs bonté
Shared letters: bn. Private to "bane": ae. Private to "bonté": oté.
"bane" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "bonté" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- bane ← abne · banne · bbane · bnae
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bane" for "bonté" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bane" vs "bonté" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "bane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bonté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bane" and "bonté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bafa vs bane". 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 #115,559 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.