boîte à camembert
\bwa.t‿a ka.mɑ̃.bɛʁ\
The verdict
“boîte à camembert” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Boîte en bois léger ou en carton pour le camembert.
| 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) |
Where “boîte à camembert” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for boîte à camembert is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bwa.t‿a ka.mɑ̃.bɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “boîte à camembert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-Î-T-E- -À- -C-A-M-E-M-B-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bwa.t‿a ka.mɑ̃.bɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.