Which to use
“bourdes” and “bourses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,528
- “bourdes” frequency rank
- #7,936
- “bourses” frequency rank
- 57464
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bourdes | bourses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de bourde. | Pluriel de bourse. |
Where the eye mixes bourdes and bourses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: bourdes vs bourses
A purely visual mix-up. bourdes (\buʁd\) and bourses (\buʁs\) 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 - d in “bourdes” becomes s in “bourses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bourdes is recorded at frequency rank #49,528, classified as anoun, pronounced \buʁd\. bourses is at rank #7,936, tagged as anoun, pronounced \buʁs\.
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 57464, this pair ranks #114,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bourdes vs bourses
Shared letters: beorsu. Private to "bourdes": d. Private to "bourses": -.
"bourdes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "bourses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bourdes" and "bourses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "bourdes" vs "bourses" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "bourdes" and "bourses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bourdes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bourses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bourdes" and "bourses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bordés 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 #114,879 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.