boron

\ˈbɔ.ɹɑn\

/\ˈbɔ.ɹɑn\/ noun

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The verdict

“boron” is uncommon French (frequency #92,487 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,487
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (nomenclature UICPA) Bore (l’élément chimique B).

Corpus desk

Index FR-boron · boron · French

boron · rank #92,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,487
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bosseuse

Nearest frequency peer: bosseuse (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « boron »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « boron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for boron
PropertyValue
Headwordboron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈbɔ.ɹɑn\
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,487
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « boron » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.borontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bosseuse » (#92,488), « bolivia » (#92,485), « Boudreault » (#92,489). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boron » est au #92,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

boron is uncommon French at frequency #92,487 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbɔ.ɹɑn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(nomenclature UICPA) Bore (l’élément chimique B).".

boron doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is boron, spelled B-O-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (nomenclature UICPA) Bore (l’élément chimique B).

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 "boron"?
"boron" is spelled B-O-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbɔ.ɹɑn\.
What does "boron" mean?
As a noun, "boron" means: (nomenclature UICPA) Bore (l’élément chimique B).
How do you pronounce "boron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boron" is \ˈbɔ.ɹɑn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boron" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "boron", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

balsa#92,458canée#92,523babas#92,450annes#92,412

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list