bordelais

\bɔʁ.də.lɛ\

/\bɔʁ.də.lɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“bordelais” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,615
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à Bordeaux, commune française située dans le département de la Gironde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bordelais · bordelais · French

bordelais · rank #14,615 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,615
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bonbon

Nearest frequency peer: bonbon (-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 « bordelais »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bordelais » 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).

bordelais vs bordels
78% similar
bordelais vs bordelaise
90% similar

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

Key facts for bordelais
PropertyValue
Headwordbordelais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bɔʁ.də.lɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,615
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bordelais »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bordelaisse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bonbon » (#14,614), « bricolage » (#14,616), « berges » (#14,613). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bordelais » est au #14,615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around bordelais (IPA \bɔʁ.də.lɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,615 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for bordelais, with forms such as "bbordelais", "bodrelais", and "borddelais". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bordels", "bordelaise", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bordelais, spelled B-O-R-D-E-L-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à Bordeaux, commune française située dans le département de la Gironde.
  2. 2
    Relatif à Bordeaux-Saint-Clair, commune française située dans le département de la Seine-Maritime.
  3. 3
    Relatif aux Bordes-sur-Lez, commune française située dans le département de l’Ariège.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À Gérard, pour avoir consacré du temps, ce dimanche matin ensoleillé, au relooking du petit garçon de la couverture de ce livre au lieu de véloter tranquillement sur les quais bordelais.
  2. En 68, nous expérimentâmes la marche sudique entre le Congo et le Jean-Bart, utilisant de mini-échasses comme telles, ou comme des bâtons de skis de randonnée, pour rapidifier notre rythme : nous essuyâmes au passage gros rires et quolibets… et croisant aujourd’hui au Parc bordelais ces flopées de gens respectables pratiquant dévotement leur sacro-sainte…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbordelais
  • bodrelais
  • borddelais
  • bordealis
  • bordelaiss
  • bordelasi
  • bordelias
  • bordellais
  • bordleais
  • boredlais
  • borrdelais
  • brodelais
  • obrdelais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bordelais - 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.

bbordelais1bodrelais2borddelais1bordealis2bordelaiss1bordelasi2bordelias2bordellais1
Edit distance from "bordelais"

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 "bordelais"?
"bordelais" is spelled B-O-R-D-E-L-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔʁ.də.lɛ\.
What does "bordelais" mean?
As an adjective, "bordelais" means: Relatif à Bordeaux, commune française située dans le département de la Gironde.
What words are commonly confused with "bordelais"?
"bordelais" is commonly confused with "bordels", "bordelaise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bordelais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bordelais" is \bɔʁ.də.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bordelais" come from?
"bordelais" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bricolage#14,616charpente#14,630châtiment#14,632affaiblir#14,593

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

attribuées13 variantsconjugale13 variantsétonnerait13 variantscoordonner13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list