Which to use
“borde” and “bords” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,780
- “borde” frequency rank
- #5,527
- “bords” frequency rank
- 28307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | borde | bords |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Métairie. | Pluriel de bord. |
Where the eye mixes borde and bords
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between borde and bords
A purely visual mix-up. borde (\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 differ by a single letter - e in “borde” becomes s in “bords”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
borde is recorded at frequency rank #22,780, 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 28307, this pair ranks #323,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of borde vs bords
Shared letters: bdor. Private to "borde": e. Private to "bords": s.
"borde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "bords" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "borde" for "bords" ever safe?
Which is more common, "borde" or "bords"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "borde" and "bords" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "borde" 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 #323,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "borde" and "bords" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "borde vs bourdes". 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 #323,654 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.