bordeaux
/bɔɾ.ˈdo/
The verdict
“bordeaux” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,482. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,482
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ver bordô (cor)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bordeaux |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bɔɾ.ˈdo/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,482 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bordeaux” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around bordeaux (IPA /bɔɾ.ˈdo/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,482 among 2,073 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ver bordô (cor)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bordeaux, with forms such as "bbordeaux", "bodreaux", and "bordaeux". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is bordeaux, spelled B-O-R-D-E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1ver bordô (cor)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbordeaux
- bodreaux
- bordaeux
- borddeaux
- bordeauxx
- bordeaxu
- bordeuax
- boredaux
- borrdeaux
- brodeaux
- obrdeaux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bordeaux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “bordeaux”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-R-D-E-A-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bɔɾ.ˈdo/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.