Which to use
“bordée” and “bordure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,136
- “bordée” frequency rank
- #8,206
- “bordure” frequency rank
- 26342
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bordée | bordure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ligne de canons rangés de chaque bord d’un ancien navire. | Ce qui garnit, orne ou renforce le bord de quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes bordée and bordure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. bordée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against bordure's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bordée vs bordure
A purely visual mix-up. bordée (\bɔʁ.de\) and bordure (\bɔʁ.dyʁ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26342, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bordée is recorded at frequency rank #18,136, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɔʁ.de\. bordure is at rank #8,206, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɔʁ.dyʁ\.
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 26342, this pair ranks #335,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bordée vs bordure
Shared letters: bdeor. Private to "bordée": é. Private to "bordure": u.
"bordée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "bordure" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- bordure ← bbordure · bodrure · borddure · bordrue · borduer · bordurre · borrdure · borudre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bordée" for "bordure" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "bordée" or "bordure" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bordée" and "bordure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bordée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bordure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bordée" and "bordure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bordée 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 #335,603 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.