Which to use
“bondés” is an adjective and “boxes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,610
- “bondés” frequency rank
- #41,683
- “boxes” frequency rank
- 88293
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bondés | boxes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de bondé. | Pluriel de boxe. |
Where the eye mixes bondés and boxes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. bondés runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against boxes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bondés vs boxes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bondés is \bɔ̃.de\ while boxes is \bɔks\. 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 88293, 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\. boxes is at rank #41,683, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɔks\.
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 88293, this pair ranks #7,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bondés vs boxes
Shared letters: bos. Private to "bondés": dné. Private to "boxes": ex.
"bondés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "boxes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- boxes ← bboxes · boexs · boxess · boxse · boxxes · bxoes · obxes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bondés" and "boxes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "bondés" or "boxes" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bondés" and "boxes" 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 "boxes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bondés" and "boxes" 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 #7,189 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.