Which to use
“abois” and “abord” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,382
- “abois” frequency rank
- #525
- “abord” frequency rank
- 34907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abois | abord |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel d’aboi. | Action d’arriver au bord, de toucher le rivage. |
Where the eye mixes abois and abord
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. abois (VCVVC) and abord (VCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: abois vs abord
A purely visual mix-up. abois (\a.bwa\) and abord (\a.bɔʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abois is recorded at frequency rank #34,382, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bwa\. abord is at rank #525, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.bɔʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34907, this pair ranks #280,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abois vs abord
Shared letters: abo. Private to "abois": is. Private to "abord": dr.
"abois" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "abord" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abois" and "abord" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "abois" or "abord" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "abois" and "abord" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abord" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abois" and "abord" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abois vs Artis". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #280,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.