bondéevsbonnesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#39,674
“bondée” frequency rank
#975
“bonnes” frequency rank
40649
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bondée bonnes
Definition Féminin singulier de bondé. Féminin pluriel de bon.

Where the eye mixes bondée and bonnes

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

6 ch
bondée
6 ch
bonnes

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. bondée (\bɔ̃.de\) and bonnes (\bɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40649, 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\. bonnes is at rank #975, tagged as anadj, 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 40649, this pair ranks #238,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bondée vs bonnes

Shared letters: beno. Private to "bondée": . Private to "bonnes": s.

"bondée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "bonnes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bonnesbbonnes · bnones · bonens · bonness · bonnse · obnnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bondée" and "bonnes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\bɔ̃.de\ versus \bɔn\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "bondée" or "bonnes"?
"bonnes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #975 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