sur les bords
\syʁ lɛ bɔʁ\
The verdict
“sur les bords” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Légèrement, un peu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sur-les-bords · sur les bords · French
sur les bords · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sur les bords |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \syʁ lɛ bɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sur les bords » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sur les bords is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \syʁ lɛ bɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Légèrement, un peu.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sur les bords, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sur les bords, spelled S-U-R- -L-E-S- -B-O-R-D-S.
Definition
- 1Légèrement, un peu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sur les bords appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est un peu bête sur les bords.
Elle est assez chiante sur les bords.
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.