bordo

//ˈbɔɾ.du// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,456

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bordo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: cada um dos lados de um navio Pronounced /ˈbɔɾ.du/. It ranks #3,456 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with born and boto.

Key facts for bordo
PropertyValue
Headwordbordo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbɔɾ.du/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,456
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bordo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for bordo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɔɾ.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,456 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for bordo, with forms such as "bbordo", "bodro", and "borddo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "born", "boto", "brio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is bordo, spelled B-O-R-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    cada um dos lados de um navio
  2. 2
    na jangada, cada um dos troncos que a formam entre o meio e o extremo
  3. 3
    o interior da nave ou avião
  4. 4
    bordada, percurso feito por um navio a vela recebendo o vento do mesmo lado
  5. 5
    rumo de uma embarcação
  6. 6
    linha que forma o limite
  7. 7
    ação de bordejar
  8. 8
    opinião, disposição

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbordo,bodro,borddo,borod,borrdo,brodo,obrdo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bordo

Misspelling Variants of "bordo"

bbordo6bodro5borddo6borod5borrdo6brodo5obrdo5
Misspelling Variants of "bordo"

Frequency rank: #3,456 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bordo"?
"bordo" is spelled B-O-R-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɔɾ.du/.
What does "bordo" mean?
As a noun, "bordo" means: cada um dos lados de um navio
What words are commonly confused with "bordo"?
"bordo" is commonly confused with "born", "boto", "brio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bordo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bordo" is /ˈbɔɾ.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bordo" come from?
"bordo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.