blindvsBundWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: blind is a noun, Bund is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“blind” is a noun and “Bund” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,494
“blind” frequency rank
#40,644
“Bund” frequency rank
65138
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blind Bund
Definition Mise obligatoire par les deux premiers joueurs, qui doivent miser avant de voir leurs cartes. Parti révolutionnaire israélite, fondé en Russie en 1897, et ayant des antennes dans divers pays européens.

Where the eye mixes blind and Bund

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
blind
4 ch
Bund

Visual trap between blind and Bund

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: blind is \blajnd\ while Bund is \bund\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65138, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blind is recorded at frequency rank #24,494, classified as anoun, pronounced \blajnd\. Bund is at rank #40,644, tagged as aname, pronounced \bund\.

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 65138, this pair ranks #73,687 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of blind vs Bund

Shared letters: bdn. Private to "blind": il. Private to "Bund": u.

"blind" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "Bund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • blindbblind · bilnd · blidn · blindd · blinnd · bllind · blnid · lbind
  • Bundbbund · bnud · budn · bundd · bunnd · ubnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "blind" and "Bund" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blind" is a noun and "Bund" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "blind" vs "Bund" - which ranks higher?
"blind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,494 in our French list, against #40,644 for "Bund". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "blind" and "Bund" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "blind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,687 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blind" and "Bund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bund vs bury". 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 #73,687 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list