border

\bɔʁ.de\

/\bɔʁ.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“border” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,469. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,469
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Garnir sur le bord d’un ruban, d’un galon, d’un morceau d’étoffe, de toile, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-border · border · French

border · rank #23,469 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,469
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bonaventure

Nearest frequency peer: Bonaventure (-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 « border »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « border » 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).

border vs bore
67% similar
border vs bords
67% similar
border vs borne
67% similar

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

Key facts for border
PropertyValue
Headwordborder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bɔʁ.de\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,469
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « border »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).borderse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Bonaventure » (#23,468), « blockchain » (#23,467), « bouclée » (#23,471). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « border » est au #23,469. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around border (IPA \bɔʁ.de\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,469 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for border, with forms such as "bborder", "bodrer", and "bordder". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bore", "bords", "borne", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 border, spelled B-O-R-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Garnir sur le bord d’un ruban, d’un galon, d’un morceau d’étoffe, de toile, etc.
  2. 2
    Attacher une corde autour d’un filet pour le rendre plus fort.
  3. 3
    Engager le bout des draps et de la couverture entre le bas du lit et le matelas.
  4. 4
    Se dit aussi pour la personne qui est dans le lit.
  5. 5
    S’étendre, régner le long de certaines choses et y servir comme de bord.
  6. 6
    Ranger des troupes en longue ligne sur un des côtés ou de chaque côté d’une rue, d’un chemin où doit passer un personnage important, un cortège, etc.
  7. 7
    Tendre une voile ou la ramener contre la coque.
  8. 8
    Revêtir la membrure de bordages.
  9. 9
    côtoyer, naviguer le long des côtes ou d’un autre navire.
  10. 10
    Planter une bordure ou la mettre en valeur.
  11. 11
    Se garnir de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Border un manteau, le border d’hermine. — Border des rideaux.
  2. Border un filet.

Antonyms

choquer

This word in other languages

tuck in(English)ribetear(Español)einfassen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bborder
  • bodrer
  • bordder
  • borderr
  • bordre
  • boredr
  • borrder
  • obrder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of border - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bborder1bodrer2bordder1borderr1bordre2boredr2borrder1obrder2
Edit distance from "border"

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 "border"?
"border" is spelled B-O-R-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔʁ.de\.
What does "border" mean?
As a verb, "border" means: Garnir sur le bord d’un ruban, d’un galon, d’un morceau d’étoffe, de toile, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "border"?
"border" is commonly confused with "bore", "bords", "borne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "border"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "border" is \bɔʁ.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "border" come from?
"border" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chiite#23,479church#23,482aidait#23,442afghan#23,440

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

canette8 variantsCluny8 variantscoulisse8 variantsdéçoit8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list