boîte à camembert
\bwa.t‿a ka.mɑ̃.bɛʁ\
The verdict
“boîte à camembert” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boîte en bois léger ou en carton pour le camembert.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boite-a-camembert · boîte à camembert · French
boîte à camembert · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boîte à camembert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwa.t‿a ka.mɑ̃.bɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
boîte à camembert is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bwa.t‿a ka.mɑ̃.bɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for boîte à camembert in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is boîte à camembert, spelled B-O-Î-T-E- -À- -C-A-M-E-M-B-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Boîte en bois léger ou en carton pour le camembert.
- 2Bouche, euphémisme pour éviter de dire gueule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boîte à camembert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ferme ta boîte à camembert.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.