agent de bord
\a.ʒɑ̃ də bɔʁ\
The verdict
“agent de bord” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme chargé de l’accueil, du service et de la sécurité des passagers à bord des avions, voire des trains.
Corpus desk
Index FR-agent-de-bord · agent de bord · French
agent de bord · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | agent de bord |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʒɑ̃ də bɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « agent de bord » en français
Rare enough to double-check
agent de bord is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʒɑ̃ də bɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme chargé de l’accueil, du service et de la sécurité des passagers à bord des avions, voire des trains.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for agent de bord, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is agent de bord, spelled A-G-E-N-T- -D-E- -B-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Homme chargé de l’accueil, du service et de la sécurité des passagers à bord des avions, voire des trains.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how agent de bord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un homme a été arrêté pour avoir attaqué un agent de bord lors d’un vol d’United Airlines lundi, après avoir tenté d’ouvrir une porte d’une issue de secours, rapportent plusieurs médias américains dont CNN.
Synonyms
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.