Which to use
“bordées” is an adjective and “bordent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,148
- “bordées” frequency rank
- #33,576
- “bordent” frequency rank
- 66724
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bordées | bordent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de bordé. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe border. |
Where the eye mixes bordées and bordent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. bordées (CVCCVVC) and bordent (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: bordées vs bordent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bordées is \bɔʁ.de\ while bordent is \bɔʁd\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66724, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bordées is recorded at frequency rank #33,148, classified as anadj, pronounced \bɔʁ.de\. bordent is at rank #33,576, tagged as averb, pronounced \bɔʁd\.
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 66724, this pair ranks #66,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bordées vs bordent
Shared letters: bdeor. Private to "bordées": sé. Private to "bordent": nt.
"bordées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "bordent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bordent ← bbordent · bodrent · borddent · bordennt · bordentt · bordetn · bordnet · borednt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bordées" for "bordent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bordées" vs "bordent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "bordées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bordent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bordées" and "bordent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bordées 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 #66,543 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.