<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../4_X02.xsl"?><ownershipDocument>    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>    <documentType>4</documentType>    <periodOfReport>2009-07-27</periodOfReport>    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>    <issuer>        <issuerCik>0001061353</issuerCik>        <issuerName>CREDIT SUISSE HIGH YIELD BOND FUND</issuerName>        <issuerTradingSymbol>DHY</issuerTradingSymbol>    </issuer>    <reportingOwner>        <reportingOwnerId>            <rptOwnerCik>0001009234</rptOwnerCik>            <rptOwnerName>ARZAC ENRIQUE R</rptOwnerName>        </reportingOwnerId>        <reportingOwnerAddress>            <rptOwnerStreet1>COLUMBIA UNIV GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUS</rptOwnerStreet1>            <rptOwnerStreet2>116TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>            <rptOwnerZipCode>10027</rptOwnerZipCode>            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>        </reportingOwnerAddress>        <reportingOwnerRelationship>            <isDirector>0</isDirector>            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>            <isOther>1</isOther>            <officerTitle>Trustee&amp;Chairman ofthe Board</officerTitle>            <otherText>Nominating Committee Chairman</otherText>        </reportingOwnerRelationship>    </reportingOwner>    <nonDerivativeTable>        <nonDerivativeTransaction>            <securityTitle>                <value>common shares</value>            </securityTitle>            <transactionDate>                <value>2009-07-27</value>            </transactionDate>            <transactionCoding>                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>            </transactionCoding>            <transactionTimeliness>                <value></value>            </transactionTimeliness>            <transactionAmounts>                <transactionShares>                    <value>1489</value>                </transactionShares>                <transactionPricePerShare>                    <value>2.4</value>                </transactionPricePerShare>                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>                    <value>A</value>                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>            </transactionAmounts>            <postTransactionAmounts>                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>                    <value>18814.17</value>                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>            </postTransactionAmounts>            <ownershipNature>                <directOrIndirectOwnership>                    <value>D</value>                </directOrIndirectOwnership>            </ownershipNature>        </nonDerivativeTransaction>    </nonDerivativeTable>    <footnotes>        <footnote id="F1">The total shares held following this transaction inludes 831.391 shares acquired on 1/22/09, 1/29/09, 2/27/09, 3/26/09, 4/27/09, 5/28/09, 6/25/09 and 7/21/09 as part of the fund's dividend reinvestment plan.</footnote>    </footnotes>    <ownerSignature>        <signatureName>/s/ Karen Regan, as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>        <signatureDate>2009-07-29</signatureDate>    </ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>
