bordear
[boɾð̞eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“bordear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,558 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,558
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dar bordos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bordear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [boɾð̞eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bordear” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bordear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,558 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [boɾð̞eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bordear in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is bordear, spelled B-O-R-D-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dar bordos.
- 2Ir por el borde u orilla de algo.
- 3Estar muy cerca de hacer algo, estar al límite de emprender algo. :*Sinónimos: rozar, frisar.
- 4Estar al límite de experimentar o sentir algo. :*Sinónimos: rozar, frisar.
- 5Estar cerca o al límite de ser otra cosa. :*Sinónimos: rozar, frisar.
- 6Estar en la orilla o borde de algo. :*Sinónimo: orillar.
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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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bordear”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-R-D-E-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.