boîte

\bwat\

/\bwat\/ noun

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The verdict

“boîte” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,651. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,651
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objet rigide et creux ayant la capacité de se fermer et qui a vocation à accueillir quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boite · boîte · French

boîte · rank #1,651 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,651
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bataille

Nearest frequency peer: bataille (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “boîte”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “boîte” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

boîte vs bot
60% similar
boîte vs bout
60% similar
boîte vs boxe
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for boîte
PropertyValue
Headwordboîte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bwat\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,651
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “boîte” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).boîtese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bataille » (#1,650), « capital » (#1,652), « avantage » (#1,649). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around boîte (IPA \bwat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,651 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for boîte, with forms such as "bboîte", "boite", and "botîe". 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, "bot", "bout", "boxe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is boîte, spelled B-O-Î-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objet rigide et creux ayant la capacité de se fermer et qui a vocation à accueillir quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Boîte de conserve.
  3. 3
    Lieu de travail ; entreprise.
  4. 4
    Boîte de nuit ; discothèque ; cabaret.
  5. 5
    Espèce de petit mortier de fonte ou de fer, qu’on charge de poudre, qu’on bouche ensuite d’un tampon de bois et auquel on met le feu.
  6. 6
    Tout dispositif où entre et joue une pièce mobile, comme, par exemple, la douille qui emboite la mèche d’un vilebrequin ; la mortaise qui maintient le crochet de fer d’un établi, etc.
  7. 7
    Bouche.
  8. 8
    Très mauvaise note.
  9. 9
    Cercueil.
  10. 10
    Salle de police.
  11. 11
    Mesures de première et de deuxième fois (prima volta, seconda volta). Lorsqu’un passage est joué deux fois mais avec une fin différente, les mesures finales sont mises dans des « boîtes » intitulées « 1. » pour les mesures de première fois et « 2. » pour les mesures de deuxième fois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sans rien dire, je découvris ma boîte de biscuit, et je constatai la disparition de plusieurs galettes…
  2. Imbécile de Grubb, – maugréait-il, fouillant en vain ses poches. – Il avait bien besoin de garder ma boîte… avec sa maudite habitude de vous « faire » vos allumettes.

Synonyms

caissecoffret

This word in other languages

box(English)caja(Español)Schachtel(Deutsch)caixa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboîte
  • boite
  • botîe
  • boîet
  • boîtte
  • bîote
  • obîte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boîte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bboîte1boite1botîe2boîet2boîtte1bîote2obîte2
Edit distance from "boîte"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boîte"?
"boîte" is spelled B-O-Î-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bwat\.
What does "boîte" mean?
As a noun, "boîte" means: Objet rigide et creux ayant la capacité de se fermer et qui a vocation à accueillir quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "boîte"?
"boîte" is commonly confused with "bot", "bout", "boxe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boîte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boîte" is \bwat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boîte" come from?
"boîte" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

étape#1,647danse#1,658tiers#1,643reine#1,635

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

monter7 variantssavez7 variantsbruit7 variantstente7 variants

What to do next

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  • "boîte" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "bot". View pair
  • 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #1,651 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list