Which to use
“bond” is a noun and “bons” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,470
- “bond” frequency rank
- #933
- “bons” frequency rank
- 7403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bond | bons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de bondir, de s’élever brusquement dans les airs, saut. | Masculin pluriel de bon. |
Same sound, different letters: bond vs bons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Homophone desk: bond vs bons
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: bond and bons carry the same recorded pronunciation, \bɔ̃\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - d in “bond” becomes s in “bons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bond is recorded at frequency rank #6,470, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɔ̃\. bons is at rank #933, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bɔ̃\.
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 7403, this pair ranks #423,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bond vs bons
Shared letters: bno. Private to "bond": d. Private to "bons": s.
"bond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "bons" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bond" for "bons" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"bond" and "bons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "bond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bond" and "bons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bold vs bond". 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 #423,273 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.