abord
\a.bɔʁ\
The verdict
“abord” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #525. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #525
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’arriver au bord, de toucher le rivage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abord · abord · French
abord · rank #525 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #525
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH 0
Nearest frequency peer: 0 (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “abord”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pourtant
pourtant
99,479 corpus weight
- trouvé
trouvé
99,478 corpus weight
- 0
0
99,477 corpus weight
- abord
abord
99,476 corpus weight
- affaire
affaire
99,475 corpus weight
- envie
envie
99,474 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “abord” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abord |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.bɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “abord” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around abord (IPA \a.bɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #525 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for abord, with forms such as "abbord", "abodr", and "abordd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "abri", "abou", "amor", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 abord, spelled A-B-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Action d’arriver au bord, de toucher le rivage.
- 2Accès.
- 3Espace entourant un lieu.
- 4Action d’approcher quelqu’un.
- 5Accueil fait par quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous avons tenté l’abord inutilement. - À notre abord dans l’île, nous fûmes attaqués. - L’abord de cette côte est difficile et dangereux.
On a tenté l’abord de ce pays. - Ce pays est d’un abord difficile.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbord
- abodr
- abordd
- aborrd
- abrod
- aobrd
- baord
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abord - 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.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abord", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "abord". Here's where to go from here.
- "abord" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "abri". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #525 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.