Borden

[ˈbɔʁdn̩]

/[ˈbɔʁdn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Borden” is uncommon German (frequency #82,595 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,595
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Bord

Corpus desk

Index DE-borden · Borden · German

Borden · rank #82,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,595
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bordellen

Nearest frequency peer: Bordellen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Borden“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Borden“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Borden
PropertyValue
HeadwordBorden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɔʁdn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#82,595
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Borden“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Bordenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bordellen“ (#82,594), „borealis“ (#82,596), „Bohrmaschinen“ (#82,592). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Borden“ bei #82,595. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Borden is uncommon German at frequency #82,595 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɔʁdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Bord".

Borden doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Borden, spelled B-O-R-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs 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 "Borden"?
"Borden" is spelled B-O-R-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɔʁdn̩].
What does "Borden" mean?
As a noun, "Borden" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Bord
How do you pronounce "Borden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Borden" is [ˈbɔʁdn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Blässe#82,591canary#82,616causes#82,618chains#82,621

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list