Board or bord?
board is a noun meaning “A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or…”; bord is a noun meaning “The coalface parallel to the natural fissures”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) board is about 708 times as common as bord.
What is the difference between board and bord?
| board | bord | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | noun |
| Meaning | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance | The coalface parallel to the natural fissures |
| Example | Each player starts the game with four counters on the board | none recorded |
| Forms | boards | bords |
| Pronunciation | /bɔːd/ /boːd/ /bɔɹd/ | not recorded |
| In writing | 174 times per million words | about once in every 4 million words |
Sources: board and bord in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of board and bord
board
- 1
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making
- 2
To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance
It is time to board the aircraft
- 3
informalA rebound
- 4
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc
- 5
To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money
to board one’s horse at a livery stable
- 6
A flat surface with markings for playing a board game
Each player starts the game with four counters on the board
- 7
To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money
We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house
- 8
Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc
bord
- 1
The coalface parallel to the natural fissures
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, board or bord?
board appears 174 times per million words; bord about once in every 4 million words.
board 174 times per million wordsbord about once in every 4 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search board vs bord?
“board vs bord” is searched about 50 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“bord vs board”, “board or bord”).
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