# bolder vs border

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bolder
*adjective · IPA /ˈbəʊldə/ · frequency rank #30,704*
comparative form of bold: more bold

### border
*noun · IPA /ˈbɔə.də/ · frequency rank #2,030*
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolder-vs-border