Which to use
“bondée” and “bondés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,674
- “bondée” frequency rank
- #46,610
- “bondés” frequency rank
- 86284
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bondée | bondés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de bondé. | Masculin pluriel de bondé. |
Same sound, different letters: bondée vs bondés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. bondée (CVCCVV) and bondés (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - bondée / bondés
This is the hard kind. bondée and bondés are pronounced identically (\bɔ̃.de\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “bondée” becomes s in “bondés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86284, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bondée is recorded at frequency rank #39,674, classified as anadj, pronounced \bɔ̃.de\. bondés is at rank #46,610, 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 86284, this pair ranks #9,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bondée vs bondés
Shared letters: bdnoé. Private to "bondée": e. Private to "bondés": s.
"bondée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "bondés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "bondée" / "bondés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "bondée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bondés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bondée" and "bondés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bondés vs bourdes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #9,954 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.