abords

\a.bɔʁ\

/\a.bɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“abords” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,774. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,774
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de abord.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abords · abords · French

abords · rank #9,774 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,774
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abondance

Nearest frequency peer: abondance (-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 « abords »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « abords » 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).

abords vs alors
67% similar
abords vs abris
67% similar
abords vs Açores
50% similar

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

Key facts for abords
PropertyValue
Headwordabords
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.bɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,774
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « abords »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « abondance » (#9,773), « accrue » (#9,775), « équipée » (#9,772). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abords » est au #9,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around abords (IPA \a.bɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,774 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de abord.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for abords, with forms such as "abbords", "abodrs", and "abordds". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "alors", "abris", "Açores", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is abords, spelled A-B-O-R-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de abord.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La Cara s’est engagée d’une part, à fournir des conteneurs dont le ramassage devrait être effectué quotidiennement par la Coved, et d’autre part à assurer le nettoyage du terrain et des abords, trois fois par semaine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbords
  • abodrs
  • abordds
  • abordss
  • aborrds
  • aborsd
  • abrods
  • aobrds
  • baords

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abords - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abbords1abodrs2abordds1abordss1aborrds1aborsd2abrods2aobrds2
Edit distance from "abords"

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 "abords"?
"abords" is spelled A-B-O-R-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bɔʁ\.
What does "abords" mean?
As a noun, "abords" means: Pluriel de abord.
What words are commonly confused with "abords"?
"abords" is commonly confused with "alors", "abris", "Açores". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abords"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abords" is \a.bɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abords" come from?
"abords" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

accrue#9,775visent#9,767violon#9,766vastes#9,763

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

addition9 variantséquipée9 variantsverront9 variantsberceau9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list