à bord
\a bɔʁ\
The verdict
“à bord” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sur le navire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-bord · à bord · French
à bord · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à bord |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a bɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à bord » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à bord is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a bɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for à bord, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is à bord, spelled À- -B-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Sur le navire.
- 2Se dit d'une marchandise prise en charge à bord du navire au port de déchargement.
- 3Dans le projet, dans l’aventure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à bord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La navigation cesse aussitôt que le soleil est couché et à bord des bateaux amarrés le long des rives, les mariniers éteignent leurs falots à l'heure où jadis on sonnait le couvre-feu.
Les vagues brisent à bord et submergent constamment le pont qui, mal calfaté à New-York, laisse pénétrer l'eau dans la cabine.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.