bordereau
\bɔʁ.də.ʁo\
The verdict
“bordereau” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,145. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,145
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relevé détaillé de quelque chose, par exemple des divers articles dont se compose une somme à payer ou à recevoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bordereau · bordereau · French
bordereau · rank #40,145 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,145
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 227,490
- PHOTO-FINISH bombardent
Nearest frequency peer: bombardent (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “bordereau”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Blaine
Blaine
59,859 corpus weight
- bocaux
bocaux
59,858 corpus weight
- bombardent
bombardent
59,857 corpus weight
- bordereau
bordereau
59,856 corpus weight
- boul
boul
59,855 corpus weight
- bouleversan…
bouleversante
59,854 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bordereau” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bordereau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔʁ.də.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bordereau” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around bordereau (IPA \bɔʁ.də.ʁo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,145 among 227,490 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bordereau, with forms such as "bbordereau", "bodrereau", and "borddereau". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bordereau, spelled B-O-R-D-E-R-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Relevé détaillé de quelque chose, par exemple des divers articles dont se compose une somme à payer ou à recevoir.
- 2Notice des pièces qui composent un dossier.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbordereau
- bodrereau
- borddereau
- bordeerau
- borderaeu
- bordereua
- borderreau
- bordreeau
- boredreau
- borrdereau
- brodereau
- obrdereau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bordereau - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bordereau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.