Which to use
“abord” is a noun and “abordée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #525
- “abord” frequency rank
- #23,087
- “abordée” frequency rank
- 23612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abord | abordée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’arriver au bord, de toucher le rivage. | Féminin singulier de abordé. |
Where the eye mixes abord and abordée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. abord runs 5 letters (VCVCC) against abordée's 7 (VCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: abord vs abordée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abord is \a.bɔʁ\ while abordée is \a.bɔʁ.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “abord” sits inside “abordée”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abord is recorded at frequency rank #525, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bɔʁ\. abordée is at rank #23,087, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.bɔʁ.de\.
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 23612, this pair ranks #351,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of abord vs abordée
Shared letters: abdor. Private to "abord": -. Private to "abordée": eé.
"abord" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "abordée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- abord ← abbord · abodr · abordd · aborrd · abrod · aobrd · baord
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abord" and "abordée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "abord" vs "abordée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "abord" and "abordée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abord" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abordée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #351,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abord" and "abordée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abordée vs avortée". 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 #351,438 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.