bondéevsbonneWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: bondée is a adjective, bonne is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bondée” is an adjective and “bonne” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,674
“bondée” frequency rank
#167
“bonne” frequency rank
39841
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bondée bonne
Definition Féminin singulier de bondé. Servante dans une maison bourgeoise, dans un hôtel, etc., fille chargée de soigner un enfant.

Where the eye mixes bondée and bonne

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
bondée
5 ch
bonne

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bondée is \bɔ̃.de\ while bonne is \bɔn\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39841, 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\. bonne is at rank #167, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɔn\.

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 39841, this pair ranks #244,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bondée vs bonne

Shared letters: beno. Private to "bondée": . Private to "bonne": -.

"bondée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "bonne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bonnebbonne · bnone · bonen · obnne

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bondée" and "bonne" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bondée" is an adjective and "bonne" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "bondée" or "bonne"?
"bonne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #167 in our French list, against #39,674 for "bondée". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list