boarder
/ˈbɔɹdɚ/noun
boarder is spelled B-O-A-R-D-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “boarder vs border” about 4,400 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, boarder means “A pupil who lives at school during term time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boarder is boarders.
How many letters and syllables are in boarder?
| Letters | 7: B-O-A-R-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is boarder?
Boarder appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce boarder?
- Australia /ˈbɔədə/
- UK /ˈbɔːdə/
- US /ˈbɔɹdɚ/
Boarder has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-boarder.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with boarder
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: border (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with boarder?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as boarder from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹdəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reboard.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of boarder
- boarders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boarder mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pupil who lives at school during term time.
The student body consisted primarily of boarders, except for a few children belonging to the school staff.
- 2
Someone who pays for meals and lodging in a house rather than a hotel.
When I left for college, my parents took on a boarder in my old room to help defray expenses.
- 3
One who boards a vehicle.
- 4
A sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding her, or one repelling such attempts by an enemy.
The captain shouted at the crew to grab arms and repel boarders.
- 5
Someone who takes part in a boardsport, such as surfing or snowboarding.
A group of boarders swept past us as we climbed the side of the ski run.
- 6
Clipping of skateboarder.
- 7
Clipping of snowboarder.
Wiktionary also records boarder as a common misspelling of another word in some uses; the senses above are its own.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boarder in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pensionnaire, interne , planchiste |
| German | Internatsschüler, Internatsschülerin , Kostgänger, Pensionsgast , Pirat, Kaper |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does boarder come from?
From board + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).