Which to use
“bondés” and “bonnes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,610
- “bondés” frequency rank
- #975
- “bonnes” frequency rank
- 47585
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bondés | bonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de bondé. | Féminin pluriel de bon. |
Where the eye mixes bondés and bonnes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. bondés and bonnes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between bondés and bonnes
A purely visual mix-up. bondés (\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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bondés is recorded at frequency rank #46,610, 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 47585, this pair ranks #185,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bondés vs bonnes
Shared letters: bnos. Private to "bondés": dé. Private to "bonnes": e.
"bondés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "bonnes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bonnes ← bbonnes · bnones · bonens · bonness · bonnse · obnnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bondés" and "bonnes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "bondés" or "bonnes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bondés" and "bonnes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bondés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bonnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bondés" and "bonnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bondés vs bourdes". 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 #185,783 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.