Which to use
“born” is an adjective and “bornes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,882
- “born” frequency rank
- #5,951
- “bornes” frequency rank
- 30833
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | born | bornes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Né. | Pluriel de borne. |
Where the eye mixes born and bornes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between born and bornes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: born is \ˈbɔɹn\ while bornes is \bɔʁn\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “born” sits inside “bornes”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30833, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
born is recorded at frequency rank #24,882, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈbɔɹn\. bornes is at rank #5,951, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɔʁn\.
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 30833, this pair ranks #307,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of born vs bornes
Shared letters: bnor. Private to "born": -. Private to "bornes": es.
"born" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "bornes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "born" for "bornes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "born" vs "bornes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "born" and "bornes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "born" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bornes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "born" and "bornes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "born vs bury". 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 #307,697 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.