bordure

\bɔʁ.dyʁ\

/\bɔʁ.dyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bordure” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,206. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,206
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui garnit, orne ou renforce le bord de quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bordure · bordure · French

bordure · rank #8,206 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,206
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH BMW

Nearest frequency peer: BMW (-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 « bordure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bordure » 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).

bordure vs bordures
88% similar
bordure vs borde
71% similar
bordure vs bordée
71% similar

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

Key facts for bordure
PropertyValue
Headwordbordure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔʁ.dyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,206
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bordure »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bordurese 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 « BMW » (#8,205), « bouclier » (#8,207), « bières » (#8,204). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bordure » est au #8,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bordure (IPA \bɔʁ.dyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,206 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bordure, with forms such as "bbordure", "bodrure", and "borddure". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "bordures", "borde", "bordée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bordure, spelled B-O-R-D-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui garnit, orne ou renforce le bord de quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Ce qui garnit, orne ou renforce le bord de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Brisure qui entoure l’écu et dont la couleur est toujours différente de l’émail du champ.
  4. 4
    Lisière d'un bois, d'une forêt.
  5. 5
    Rangée de plantes alignées à la limite d'un chemin, d'un gazon, etc.
  6. 6
    Rang de gros pavés qui terminent et retiennent chacun des deux côtés d’une chaussée.
  7. 7
    Bande de couleur faisant le tour d’un drapeau et touchant les bords.
  8. 8
    Séparation par vent latéral de la tête du peloton en éventail et du reste des coureurs en file indienne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le massif dioritique de Lesterps, que la route de Bussière-Boffy recoupe transversalement sur 3 kilomètres, est en disposition synclinale : les gneiss plongent sous la diorite aussi bien à l'Ouest, près de Lesterps, que sur la bordure est.
  2. La bordure d’un bas-relief.

Synonyms

bordant

This word in other languages

border(English)Begrenzung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbordure
  • bodrure
  • borddure
  • bordrue
  • borduer
  • bordurre
  • borrdure
  • borudre
  • brodure
  • obrdure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbordure1bodrure2borddure1bordrue2borduer2bordurre1borrdure1borudre2
Edit distance from "bordure"

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 "bordure"?
"bordure" is spelled B-O-R-D-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔʁ.dyʁ\.
What does "bordure" mean?
As a noun, "bordure" means: Ce qui garnit, orne ou renforce le bord de quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "bordure"?
"bordure" is commonly confused with "bordures", "borde", "bordée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bordure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bordure" is \bɔʁ.dyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bordure" come from?
"bordure" 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 "bordure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

baptême#8,202cousins#8,222dessine#8,227directs#8,228

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

bizarres10 variantsbannière10 variantscheville10 variantschèvre10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list