borderline

\bɔʁ.dœʁ.lajn\

/\bɔʁ.dœʁ.lajn\/ adj

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The verdict

“borderline” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,480. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,480
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Limite, frontalier entre deux ensembles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-borderline · borderline · French

borderline · rank #45,480 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,480
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boloss

Nearest frequency peer: boloss (-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 « borderline »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « borderline » 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
Key facts for borderline
PropertyValue
Headwordborderline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bɔʁ.dœʁ.lajn\
Letters10
Frequency rank#45,480
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « borderline »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).borderlinese 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 « boloss » (#45,479), « bottas » (#45,481), « blackjack » (#45,477). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « borderline » est au #45,480. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around borderline (IPA \bɔʁ.dœʁ.lajn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,480 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for borderline, with forms such as "bborderline", "bodrerline", and "bordderline". 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 confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 borderline, spelled B-O-R-D-E-R-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Limite, frontalier entre deux ensembles.
  2. 2
    Qualifie une personnalité souffrant d’un état-limite, trouble caractérisé par une impulsivité majeure et une instabilité marquée des émotions, des relations interpersonnelles et de l’image de soi.
  3. 3
    Fou

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Trois flics dans les cités de Brooklyn : un infiltré chez les dealers qui perd peu à peu son identité, un futur retraité en quête de rédemption et un père de famille borderline qui succombe à l’argent facile.
  2. Attends un peu, pour se faire appeler « Grand Mage », il doit être carrément borderline, non ?

This word in other languages

borderline(English)grenzwertig(Deutsch)fronteiriço(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bborderline
  • bodrerline
  • bordderline
  • bordelrine
  • borderilne
  • borderlien
  • borderlinne
  • borderlline
  • borderlnie
  • borderrline
  • bordreline
  • boredrline
  • borrderline
  • broderline
  • obrderline

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bborderline1bodrerline2bordderline1bordelrine2borderilne2borderlien2borderlinne1borderlline1
Edit distance from "borderline"

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 "borderline"?
"borderline" is spelled B-O-R-D-E-R-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔʁ.dœʁ.lajn\.
What does "borderline" mean?
As an adjective, "borderline" means: Limite, frontalier entre deux ensembles.
What are common misspellings of "borderline"?
Common misspellings include "bborderline", "bodrerline", "bordderline", "bordelrine", "borderilne". The correct spelling is "borderline".
How do you pronounce "borderline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "borderline" is \bɔʁ.dœʁ.lajn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "borderline" come from?
"borderline" 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 "borderline", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bisexuelle#45,475aérodromes#45,459chaufferie#45,504attribuait#45,451

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

blackjack15 variantsBescherelle15 variantsBatignolles15 variantschâtellenie15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list