borders

/bɔɹdəɹz/

//bɔɹdəɹz// noun

The verdict

“borders” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,420 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,420
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de border.

Corpus desk

Index ES-borders · borders · Spanish

borders · rank #64,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,420
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH borrosos

Nearest frequency peer: borrosos (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “borders”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “borders” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for borders
PropertyValue
Headwordborders
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɔɹdəɹz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,420
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “borders” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).borderscae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “borrosos” (#64,421), “boas” (#64,418), “BPA” (#64,422). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “borders” va en #64,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

borders is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,420 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɔɹdəɹz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de border.".

borders has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is borders, spelled B-O-R-D-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de border.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "borders"?
"borders" is spelled B-O-R-D-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is /bɔɹdəɹz/.
What does "borders" mean?
As a noun, "borders" means: Forma del plural de border.
How do you pronounce "borders"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "borders" is /bɔɹdəɹz/. 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 Spanish 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 Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list