bordo
/ˈbɔɾ.du/
The verdict
“bordo” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,456 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,456
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cada um dos lados de um navio
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bordo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɔɾ.du/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bordo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for bordo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bordo, with forms such as "bbordo", "bodro", and "borddo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 bordo, spelled B-O-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1cada um dos lados de um navio
- 2na jangada, cada um dos troncos que a formam entre o meio e o extremo
- 3o interior da nave ou avião
- 4bordada, percurso feito por um navio a vela recebendo o vento do mesmo lado
- 5rumo de uma embarcação
- 6linha que forma o limite
- 7ação de bordejar
- 8opinião, disposição
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbordo,bodro,borddo,borod,borrdo,brodo,obrdo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bordo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “bordo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-O-R-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbɔɾ.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “born” - see the side-by-side comparison. bordo vs born
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.