# Borges

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,638

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese and Catalan Borges.

## Easily confused with
- **boxes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-boxes)
- **Boris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-boris)
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-borne)
- **Bowes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-bowes)
- **burger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-burger)
- **Borneo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-borneo)
- **Bowles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-bowles)
- **Byrnes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-byrnes)
- **Bruges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-bruges)
- **Borgia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-borgia)
- **Burgos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-burgos)
- **burgess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-burgess)
- **bore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bore-vs-borges)
- **borg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borg-vs-borges)
- **bones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bones-vs-borges)
- **bored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-borges)
- **barge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barge-vs-borges)
- **bogus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bogus-vs-borges)
- **bogey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bogey-vs-borges)
- **bores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bores-vs-borges)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bborges`, `bogres`, `boregs`, `borgess`, `borgges`, `borgse`, `borrges`, `broges`, `obrges`

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