bord de sortie

\bɔʁ də sɔʁ.ti\

/\bɔʁ də sɔʁ.ti\/ noun

The verdict

“bord de sortie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie la plus arrière d’un profil dynamique où se rejoignent en un tourbillon les deux composantes d’un fluide séparé par le bord d’entrée de ce profil.

Key facts for bord de sortie
PropertyValue
Headwordbord de sortie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔʁ də sɔʁ.ti\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bord de sortie” sits in French frequency

bord de sortie falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bord de sortie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔʁ də sɔʁ.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie la plus arrière d’un profil dynamique où se rejoignent en un tourbillon les deux composantes d’un fluide séparé par le bord d’entrée de ce profil.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bord de sortie, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 bord de sortie, spelled B-O-R-D- -D-E- -S-O-R-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie la plus arrière d’un profil dynamique où se rejoignent en un tourbillon les deux composantes d’un fluide séparé par le bord d’entrée de ce profil.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bord de sortie"?
"bord de sortie" is spelled B-O-R-D- -D-E- -S-O-R-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔʁ də sɔʁ.ti\.
What does "bord de sortie" mean?
As a noun, "bord de sortie" means: Partie la plus arrière d’un profil dynamique où se rejoignent en un tourbillon les deux composantes d’un fluide séparé par le bord d’entrée de ce profil.
How do you pronounce "bord de sortie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bord de sortie" is \bɔʁ də sɔʁ.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bord de sortie" come from?
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Using “bord de sortie”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is B-O-R-D- -D-E- -S-O-R-T-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bɔʁ də sɔʁ.ti\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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