effet de bord
\e.fɛ də bɔʁ\
The verdict
“effet de bord” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Effet indésirable d’un système ou non prévu par un modèle, dont la cause est liée aux bords ou limites du système ou du modèle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | effet de bord |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.fɛ də bɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “effet de bord” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
effet de bord is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.fɛ də bɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for effet de bord, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is effet de bord, spelled E-F-F-E-T- -D-E- -B-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Effet indésirable d’un système ou non prévu par un modèle, dont la cause est liée aux bords ou limites du système ou du modèle.
- 2Modification de valeurs d’un programme autres que celles explicitement spécifiées lors de l’appel d’une fonction ou d’un sous-programme.
- 3Effet marginal.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “effet de bord”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-F-F-E-T- -D-E- -B-O-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.fɛ də bɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.