Which to use
“bordées” is an adjective and “border” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,148
- “bordées” frequency rank
- #23,469
- “border” frequency rank
- 56617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bordées | border |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de bordé. | Garnir sur le bord d’un ruban, d’un galon, d’un morceau d’étoffe, de toile, etc. |
Same sound, different letters: bordées vs border
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. bordées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against border's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: bordées vs border
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: bordées and border carry the same recorded pronunciation, \bɔʁ.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56617, 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\. border is at rank #23,469, tagged as averb, pronounced \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 56617, this pair ranks #119,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bordées vs border
Shared letters: bdeor. Private to "bordées": sé. Private to "border": -.
"bordées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "border" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- border ← bborder · bodrer · bordder · borderr · bordre · boredr · borrder · obrder
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bordées" for "border" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "bordées" / "border". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "bordées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "border" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bordées" and "border" 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 #119,970 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.