bordar

/buɾ.ˈdaɾ/

//buɾ.ˈdaɾ// verb

The verdict

“bordar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,729 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,729
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer uma bordadura

Corpus desk

Index PT-bordar · bordar · Portuguese

bordar · rank #53,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,729
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH boro

Nearest frequency peer: boro (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “bordar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bordar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bordar
PropertyValue
Headwordbordar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/buɾ.ˈdaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,729
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bordar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.bordarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “boro” (#53,730), “bout” (#53,731), “Bulgaria” (#53,733). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bordar” fica em #53,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bordar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,729 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /buɾ.ˈdaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for bordar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is bordar, spelled B-O-R-D-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer uma bordadura
  2. 2
    ornar; enfeitar
  3. 3
    cercar
  4. 4
    ter-se como hóspede

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bordar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. vou dar-lhe aqui uma pequena amostra de elementos ingleses assimilados pelos nossos colonos açoreanos: bordar = hospedar

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bordar"?
"bordar" is spelled B-O-R-D-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /buɾ.ˈdaɾ/.
What does "bordar" mean?
As a verb, "bordar" means: fazer uma bordadura
How do you pronounce "bordar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bordar" is /buɾ.ˈdaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bordar" come from?
"bordar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bordar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list