abordent

\a.bɔʁd\

/\a.bɔʁd\/ verb

The verdict

“abordent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,752
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aborder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abordent · abordent · French

abordent · rank #22,752 · 12 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,752
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aberration

Nearest frequency peer: aberration (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « abordent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « abordent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

abordent vs ardent
75% similar
abordent vs aborder
75% similar
abordent vs adorent
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for abordent
PropertyValue
Headwordabordent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.bɔʁd\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,752
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abordent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).abordentse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aberration » (#22,751), « accusait » (#22,753), « abdominale » (#22,750). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abordent » est au #22,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around abordent (IPA \a.bɔʁd\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,752 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for abordent, with forms such as "abbordent", "abodrent", and "aborddent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "ardent", "aborder", "adorent", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is abordent, spelled A-B-O-R-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aborder.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe aborder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how abordent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Plusieurs films et TV série B archipopulaires américains, repris en France en 1992-1996, abordent ces divers mariages et remariages, entre parents et parents par alliance.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbordent
  • abodrent
  • aborddent
  • abordennt
  • abordentt
  • abordetn
  • abordnet
  • aborednt
  • aborrdent
  • abrodent
  • aobrdent
  • baordent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abordent - 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.

abbordent1abodrent2aborddent1abordennt1abordentt1abordetn2abordnet2aborednt2
Edit distance from "abordent"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abordent"?
"abordent" is spelled A-B-O-R-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bɔʁd\.
What does "abordent" mean?
As a verb, "abordent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe aborder.
What words are commonly confused with "abordent"?
"abordent" is commonly confused with "ardent", "aborder", "adorent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abordent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abordent" is \a.bɔʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abordent" come from?
"abordent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list