Which to use
“bondade” and “bonde” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,844
- “bondade” frequency rank
- #15,269
- “bonde” frequency rank
- 22113
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bondade | bonde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | qualidade do que é bom, bem | título da dívida pública pagável ao portador |
Where the eye mixes bondade and bonde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. bondade runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against bonde's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bondade vs bonde
A purely visual mix-up. bondade (/bõ.ˈda.dɨ/) and bonde (/ˈbõⁿ.ʤɪ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bondade is recorded at frequency rank #6,844, classified as anoun, pronounced /bõ.ˈda.dɨ/. bonde is at rank #15,269, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbõⁿ.ʤɪ/.
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 22113, this pair ranks #48,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bondade vs bonde
Shared letters: bdeno. Private to "bondade": a. Private to "bonde": -.
"bondade" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "bonde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bondade" and "bonde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "bondade" or "bonde" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bondade" and "bonde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bondade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bonde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bondade" and "bonde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "boda vs bonde". 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 #48,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.