beldadevsbondadeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“beldade” and “bondade” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,914
“beldade” frequency rank
#6,844
“bondade” frequency rank
47758
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature beldade bondade
Definition qualidade daquilo que é belo qualidade do que é bom, bem

Where the eye mixes beldade and bondade

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
beldade
7 ch
bondade

Look-alike desk: beldade vs bondade

A purely visual mix-up. beldade (/bewˈda.d͡ʒi/ [beʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]) and bondade (/bõ.ˈda.dɨ/) 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 47758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

beldade is recorded at frequency rank #40,914, classified as anoun, pronounced /bewˈda.d͡ʒi/ [beʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]. bondade is at rank #6,844, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bõ.ˈda.dɨ/.

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 47758, this pair ranks #17,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of beldade vs bondade

Shared letters: abde. Private to "beldade": l. Private to "bondade": no.

"beldade" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "bondade" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • beldadebbeldade · bedlade · beladde · beldadde · beldaed · belddade · belddae · belldade
  • bondadebbondade · bnodade · bodnade · bonadde · bondadde · bondaed · bonddade · bonddae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "beldade" for "bondade" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/bewˈda.d͡ʒi/ [beʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi] versus /bõ.ˈda.dɨ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "beldade" or "bondade" show up more?
"bondade" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,844 in our Portuguese list, against #40,914 for "beldade". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "beldade" and "bondade" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "beldade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bondade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "beldade" and "bondade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beldade vs blade". 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 #17,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list