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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rebord" and "record" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "rebord" vs "record" - which ranks higher?
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.