Which to use
“blocus” and “bonus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,182
- “blocus” frequency rank
- #4,047
- “bonus” frequency rank
- 15229
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blocus | bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Siège d’une ville, d’un port, d’une position, d’un pays pour lui couper toute communication avec l’extérieur. | Prime. |
Where the eye mixes blocus and bonus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: blocus vs bonus
A purely visual mix-up. blocus (\blɔ.kys\) and bonus (\bɔ.nys\) 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 15229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blocus is recorded at frequency rank #11,182, classified as anoun, pronounced \blɔ.kys\. bonus is at rank #4,047, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɔ.nys\.
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 15229, this pair ranks #393,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of blocus vs bonus
Shared letters: bosu. Private to "blocus": cl. Private to "bonus": n.
"blocus" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "bonus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "blocus" and "bonus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "blocus" vs "bonus" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "blocus" and "bonus" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "blocus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bonus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blocus" and "bonus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blocus vs bloques". 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 #393,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.