snowboard
\sno.bɔʁd\
The verdict
“snowboard” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #26,543 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,543
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Planche permettant de glisser sur la neige, d’une façon analogue au surf.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | snowboard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sno.bɔʁd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “snowboard” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for snowboard is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sno.bɔʁd\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,543 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for snowboard, with forms such as "nsowboard", "snnowboard", and "snobwoard". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is snowboard, spelled S-N-O-W-B-O-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Planche permettant de glisser sur la neige, d’une façon analogue au surf.
- 2Discipline sportive utilisant ce matériel, snowboarding, surf des neiges, planche à neige.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nsowboard,snnowboard,snobwoard,snowbaord,snowbboard,snowboadr,snowboardd,snowboarrd,snowborad,snowobard,snowwboard,snwoboard,sonwboard,ssnowboard
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of snowboard - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “snowboard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-N-O-W-B-O-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sno.bɔʁd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.