rebordvsrecordTell them apart

Which to use

“rebord” and “record” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,667
“rebord” frequency rank
#2,244
“record” frequency rank
25911
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rebord record
Definition Bord élevé et ordinairement ajouté, rapporté. Exploit sportif dépassant tout ce qui a été fait précédemment dans le même genre, et officiellement constaté.

Where the eye mixes rebord and record

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rebord and record follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
rebord
6 ch
record

Visual trap between rebord and record

A purely visual mix-up. rebord (\ʁə.bɔʁ\) and record (\ʁə.kɔʁ\) 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 - b in “rebord” becomes c in “record”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rebord is recorded at frequency rank #23,667, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.bɔʁ\. record is at rank #2,244, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kɔʁ\.

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 25911, this pair ranks #338,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rebord vs record

Shared letters: deor. Private to "rebord": b. Private to "record": c.

"rebord" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "record" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rebord ← erbord · rbeord · rebbord · rebodr · rebordd · reborrd · rebrod · reobrd
  • record ← ercord · rceord · reccord · recodr · recordd · recorrd · recrod · reocrd

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rebord" and "record" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.bɔʁ\ versus \ʁə.kɔʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rebord" vs "record" - which ranks higher?
"record" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,244 in our French list, against #23,667 for "rebord". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "rebord" and "record" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rebord" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "record" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #338,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rebord" and "record" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rebord vs remord". 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 #338,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list