borders

/ˈbɔː.dəz/

//ˈbɔː.dəz// verb

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"borders" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“borders” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,580
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of border

Corpus desk

Index EN-borders · borders · English

borders · rank #4,580 · 11 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,580
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH bold

Nearest frequency peer: bold (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “borders”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “borders” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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).

borders vs bores
71% similar
borders vs boxers
71% similar
borders vs Borges
57% similar

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

Key facts for borders
PropertyValue
Headwordborders
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈbɔː.dəz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,580
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “borders”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).borderslands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “bold” (#4,579), “breathe” (#4,581), “Barry” (#4,578). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “borders” is #4,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around borders (IPA /ˈbɔː.dəz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,580 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of border".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for borders, with forms such as "bborders", "bodrers", and "bordders". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "bores", "boxers", "Borges", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is borders, spelled B-O-R-D-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of border

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bborders
  • bodrers
  • bordders
  • borderrs
  • borderss
  • bordesr
  • bordres
  • boredrs
  • borrders
  • broders
  • obrders

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of borders - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bborders1bodrers2bordders1borderrs1borderss1bordesr2bordres2boredrs2
Edit distance from "borders"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "borders"?
"borders" is spelled B-O-R-D-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɔː.dəz/.
What does "borders" mean?
As a verb, "borders" means: third-person singular simple present indicative of border
What words are commonly confused with "borders"?
"borders" is commonly confused with "bores", "boxers", "Borges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "borders"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "borders" is /ˈbɔː.dəz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "borders" come from?
"borders" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list