# Tupperware

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #39,137

## Definitions
1. A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.

## Etymology
From Tupper + -ware. Named after American businessman Earl Tupper (1907–1983), who invented the product in 1942 and founded the company that produced it. Thus it is a genericised trademark.

## Common misspellings (13)
`tpuperware`, `ttupperware`, `tupeprware`, `tuperware`, `tupperawre`, `tupperrware`, `tupperwaer`, `tupperwarre`, `tupperwrae`, `tupperwware`, `tuppewrare`, `tuppreware`, `utpperware`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tupperware