Which to use
“bonnes” and “bordés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #975
- “bonnes” frequency rank
- #48,950
- “bordés” frequency rank
- 49925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bonnes | bordés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de bon. | Masculin pluriel de bordé. |
Where the eye mixes bonnes and bordés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. bonnes and bordés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses bonnes with bordés
A purely visual mix-up. bonnes (\bɔn\) and bordés (\bɔʁ.de\) 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 49925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bonnes is recorded at frequency rank #975, classified as anadj, pronounced \bɔn\. bordés is at rank #48,950, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bɔʁ.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 49925, this pair ranks #166,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bonnes vs bordés
Shared letters: bos. Private to "bonnes": en. Private to "bordés": dré.
"bonnes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "bordés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bonnes ← bbonnes · bnones · bonens · bonness · bonnse · obnnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bonnes" and "bordés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bonnes" or "bordés"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bonnes" and "bordés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bonnes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bordés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bonnes" and "bordés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bordés 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 #166,752 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.