borough
\ˈbʌ.ɹə\
The verdict
“borough” is uncommon French (frequency #79,105 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,105
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Division administrative de certaines villes (telles que Londres ou New York).
Corpus desk
Index FR-borough · borough · French
borough · rank #79,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,105
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH botta
Nearest frequency peer: botta (+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 « borough »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- boostez
boostez
20,899 corpus weight
- bordeau
bordeau
20,898 corpus weight
- borough
borough
20,896 corpus weight
- botta
botta
20,895 corpus weight
- bottier
bottier
20,894 corpus weight
- bouffeurs
bouffeurs
20,893 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « borough » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | borough |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbʌ.ɹə\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « borough » en français
Rare enough to double-check
borough is uncommon French at frequency #79,105 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbʌ.ɹə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for borough in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is borough, spelled B-O-R-O-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1Division administrative de certaines villes (telles que Londres ou New York).
- 2Équivalent du comté en Alaska.
- 3Sorte de municipalité, arrondissement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how borough appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
New York is divided into five boroughs.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Synonyms
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).