bordure

/\bɔʁ.dyʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,206

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

bordure is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ce qui garnit, orne ou renforce le bord de quelque chose. Pronounced \bɔʁ.dyʁ\. It ranks #8,206 in French word frequency. Often confused with bordures and borde.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bordure in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bordure is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔʁ.dyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,206 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for bordure, with forms such as "bbordure", "bodrure", and "borddure". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "bordures", "borde", "bordée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bordure, spelled B-O-R-D-U-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbordure,bodrure,borddure,bordrue,borduer,bordurre,borrdure,borudre,brodure,obrdure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bordure

Misspelling Variants of "bordure"

bbordure8bodrure7borddure8bordrue7borduer7bordurre8borrdure8borudre7
Misspelling Variants of "bordure"

Frequency rank: #8,206 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.