borgne

\bɔʁɲ\

/\bɔʁɲ\/ adj

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The verdict

“borgne” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,912. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,912
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne voit que d’un œil, à qui il manque un œil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-borgne · borgne · French

borgne · rank #25,912 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,912
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boo

Nearest frequency peer: boo (-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 « borgne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « borgne » 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).

borgne vs born
67% similar
borgne vs bouge
67% similar
borgne vs brune
67% similar

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

Key facts for borgne
PropertyValue
Headwordborgne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bɔʁɲ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,912
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « borgne »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.borgnese 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 « boo » (#25,911), « Bourassa » (#25,913), « Bondy » (#25,910). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « borgne » est au #25,912. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around borgne (IPA \bɔʁɲ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,912 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for borgne, with forms such as "bborgne", "bogrne", and "borgen". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "born", "bouge", "brune", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is borgne, spelled B-O-R-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne voit que d’un œil, à qui il manque un œil.
  2. 2
    Légume, généralement un chou, dont le bourgeon, figurant un œil, a disparu.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une ancre qui n’a qu’une patte qui est mouillée sans avoir de bouée.
  4. 4
    Qualifie une fenêtre disposée de façon qu’elle éclaire le dedans d’une pièce sans permettre de voir au-dehors → voir aveugle.
  5. 5
    Qualifie une maison, un appartement sombre et obscur.
  6. 6
    Qualifie un établissement qui est mal famé ou de mauvaise apparence.
  7. 7
    Qualifie un compte qui n’est pas juste.
  8. 8
    Qualifie un trou qui ne traverse pas son substrat, qui ne présente qu'un seul orifice.
  9. 9
    Qualifie un objet percé de cette manière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une tête d’aristocrate, fine et pâle, des cheveux noirs comme des quilles, et rien qu’un œil, l’autre est mort d’un coup d’épée, voilà longtemps. Mais celui qui reste est si brillant, si vivant, si interrogeant, qu’on ne peut pas dire que le marquis est borgne. Il a deux yeux dans le même œil, voilà tout.
  2. D'abord, Yasmina pleura, parce que Mohammed était borgne et très laid et parce que c'était si subit et si imprévu, ce mariage.

This word in other languages

one-eyed(English)tuerto(Español)einäugig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bborgne
  • bogrne
  • borgen
  • borggne
  • borgnne
  • bornge
  • borrgne
  • brogne
  • obrgne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bborgne1bogrne2borgen2borggne1borgnne1bornge2borrgne1brogne2
Edit distance from "borgne"

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 "borgne"?
"borgne" is spelled B-O-R-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔʁɲ\.
What does "borgne" mean?
As an adjective, "borgne" means: Qui ne voit que d’un œil, à qui il manque un œil.
What words are commonly confused with "borgne"?
"borgne" is commonly confused with "born", "bouge", "brune". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "borgne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "borgne" is \bɔʁɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "borgne" come from?
"borgne" 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 "borgne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Bourassa9 variantsassimile9 variantsartist9 variantsérudits9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list