blindéevsbondéeConfusable pair

Which to use

“blindée” and “bondée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,666
“blindée” frequency rank
#39,674
“bondée” frequency rank
58340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blindée bondée
Definition Féminin singulier de blindé. Féminin singulier de bondé.

Where the eye mixes blindée and bondée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. blindée runs 7 letters (CCVCCVV) against bondée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
blindée
6 ch
bondée

Look-alike desk: blindée vs bondée

A purely visual mix-up. blindée (\blɛ̃.de\) and bondée (\bɔ̃.de\) 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 58340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blindée is recorded at frequency rank #18,666, classified as anadj, pronounced \blɛ̃.de\. bondée is at rank #39,674, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bɔ̃.de\.

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 58340, this pair ranks #109,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of blindée vs bondée

Shared letters: bdené. Private to "blindée": il. Private to "bondée": o.

"blindée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV  ·  "bondée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "blindée" for "bondée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\blɛ̃.de\ versus \bɔ̃.de\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "blindée" vs "bondée" - which ranks higher?
"blindée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,666 in our French list, against #39,674 for "bondée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "blindée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bondée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #109,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blindée" and "bondée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bondée vs bordés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #109,643 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