bordent

\bɔʁd\

/\bɔʁd\/ verb

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The verdict

“bordent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,576
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe border.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bordent · bordent · French

bordent · rank #33,576 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,576
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boiseries

Nearest frequency peer: boiseries (-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 « bordent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bordent » 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).

bordent vs Brent
57% similar
bordent vs border
71% similar
bordent vs bordés
57% similar

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

Key facts for bordent
PropertyValue
Headwordbordent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bɔʁd\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,576
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bordent »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « boiseries » (#33,575), « bos » (#33,577), « boca » (#33,574). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bordent » est au #33,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bordent (IPA \bɔʁd\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,576 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bordent, with forms such as "bbordent", "bodrent", and "borddent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Brent", "border", "bordés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bordent, spelled B-O-R-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe border.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe border.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbordent
  • bodrent
  • borddent
  • bordennt
  • bordentt
  • bordetn
  • bordnet
  • borednt
  • borrdent
  • brodent
  • obrdent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bordent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbordent1bodrent2borddent1bordennt1bordentt1bordetn2bordnet2borednt2
Edit distance from "bordent"

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 "bordent"?
"bordent" is spelled B-O-R-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔʁd\.
What does "bordent" mean?
As a verb, "bordent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe border.
What words are commonly confused with "bordent"?
"bordent" is commonly confused with "Brent", "border", "bordés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bordent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bordent" is \bɔʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bordent" come from?
"bordent" 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 "bordent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bismuth#33,572Benelux#33,569bassine#33,566Barbade#33,565

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

bestiole11 variantscalvitie11 variantscalèche11 variantsCarnegie11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list