Which to use
“board” and “bords” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,742
- “board” frequency rank
- #5,527
- “bords” frequency rank
- 19269
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | board | bords |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Planche à roulettes. | Pluriel de bord. |
Where the eye mixes board and bords
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between board and bords
A purely visual mix-up. board (\bɔʁd\) and bords (\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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19269, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
board is recorded at frequency rank #13,742, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɔʁd\. bords is at rank #5,527, tagged as anoun, pronounced \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 19269, this pair ranks #374,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of board vs bords
Shared letters: bdor. Private to "board": a. Private to "bords": s.
"board" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "bords" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "board" and "bords" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "board" or "bords" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "board" and "bords" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "board" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bords" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "board" and "bords" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "board vs bold". 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 #374,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.