Bord

[bɔʁt]

/[bɔʁt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bord” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,758. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,758
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bücherbrett

Corpus desk

Index DE-bord · Bord · German

Bord · rank #2,758 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,758
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH blieben

Nearest frequency peer: blieben (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Bord“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Bord“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Bord vs Br
50% similar
Bord vs Bot
50% similar
Bord vs Box
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Bord
PropertyValue
HeadwordBord
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɔʁt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,758
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bord“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Bordliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „blieben“ (#2,757), „Brauch“ (#2,759), „belegt“ (#2,756). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bord“ bei #2,758. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Bord (IPA [bɔʁt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,758 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bord, with forms such as "bbord", "bodr", and "bordd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Br", "Bot", "Box", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bord, spelled B-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bücherbrett
  2. 2
    Abhang, Rand

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das Wörterbuch steht auf dem Bord.
  2. „Zum ersten Male sah ich hier hinter des letztern Firngipfeln eine nackte, braune Felsnadel auftauchen, die ich für die höchste Spitze des Weißhorns hielt. In horizontaler Richtung dem Felshang entlang das Bord des Gletschers zu erreichen war […] unmöglich.“

This word in other languages

shelf(English)anaquel(Español)étagère(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbord
  • bodr
  • bordd
  • borrd
  • brod
  • obrd

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bord - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbord1bodr2bordd1borrd1brod2obrd2
Edit distance from "Bord"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bord"?
"Bord" is spelled B-O-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is [bɔʁt].
What does "Bord" mean?
As a noun, "Bord" means: Bücherbrett
What words are commonly confused with "Bord"?
"Bord" is commonly confused with "Br", "Bot", "Box". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bord"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bord" is [bɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bord" come from?
"Bord" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bord", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fick#2,763Graf#2,768Jobs#2,771lieb#2,773

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

quasi6 variantsdenk6 variantsblöd6 variantsBock6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list