bord franc
\boʁ fʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“bord franc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extrémité d’un vêtement qui a été coupée aux ciseaux, sans qu’un ourlet ne soit ajouté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bord-franc · bord franc · French
bord franc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bord franc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \boʁ fʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bord franc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \boʁ fʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bord franc, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bord franc, spelled B-O-R-D- -F-R-A-N-C.
Definition
- 1Extrémité d’un vêtement qui a été coupée aux ciseaux, sans qu’un ourlet ne soit ajouté.
- 2Côté d’une carte le long duquel le champ s’étend jusqu'à la limite du support.
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.