aborder

\a.bɔʁ.de\

/\a.bɔʁ.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“aborder” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #5,516 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#5,516
frequency rank, French
7
letters
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arriver au bord, prendre terre.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

aborder vs abords
71% similar
aborder vs adorer
71% similar
aborder vs aboyer
71% similar

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

Key facts for aborder
PropertyValue
Headwordaborder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.bɔʁ.de\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,516
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “aborder” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). aborder lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for aborder is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.bɔʁ.de\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,516 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aborder, with forms such as "abborder", "abodrer", and "abordder". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "abords", "adorer", "aboyer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is aborder, spelled A-B-O-R-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arriver au bord, prendre terre.
  2. 2
    Atteindre, en parlant d’une côte.
  3. 3
    Accéder à, en parlant d’un lieu.
  4. 4
    Accéder à, en parlant d’un lieu.
  5. 5
    S’approcher de.
  6. 6
    Commencer à faire face à, à s'occuper de, en parlant notamment d’une situation, d’un problème et de la façon de l’approcher.
  7. 7
    Commencer à parler de, à discuter de, en parlant d’un sujet.
  8. 8
    Diriger une embarcation de manière qu’elle arrive à toucher un bâtiment sans le heurter.
  9. 9
    Toucher en s’approchant par le côté, en parlant d’un navire.
  10. 10
    Toucher pour y monter par force et combattre, en parlant d’un navire.
  11. 11
    Entrer en collision avec (un navire).
  12. 12
    Accoster quelqu’un pour lui parler.

Synonyms

accosterheurter

This word in other languages

land(English)abordar(Español)anlegen(Deutsch)abalroar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abborder,abodrer,abordder,aborderr,abordre,aboredr,aborrder,abroder,aobrder,baorder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aborder - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abborder1abodrer2abordder1aborderr1abordre2aboredr2aborrder1abroder2
Edit distance from "aborder"

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 "aborder"?
"aborder" is spelled A-B-O-R-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bɔʁ.de\.
What does "aborder" mean?
As a verb, "aborder" means: Arriver au bord, prendre terre.
What words are commonly confused with "aborder"?
"aborder" is commonly confused with "abords", "adorer", "aboyer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aborder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aborder" is \a.bɔʁ.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aborder" come from?
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Using “aborder”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-B-O-R-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.bɔʁ.de\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “abords” - see the side-by-side comparison. aborder vs abords
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list