boîte à ordures
\bwɑ.t‿a ɔʁ.dyʁ\
The verdict
“boîte à ordures” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme moins courant de poubelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boite-a-ordures · boîte à ordures · French
boîte à ordures · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 ordures |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwɑ.t‿a ɔʁ.dyʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
boîte à ordures is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bwɑ.t‿a ɔʁ.dyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme moins courant de poubelle.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for boîte à ordures in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is boîte à ordures, spelled B-O-Î-T-E- -À- -O-R-D-U-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Synonyme moins courant de poubelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boîte à ordures appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le jour glissait sur la nuit comme un chiffon mouillé sur un carreau sale. Ils descendirent la rue Blanche, entre les boîtes à ordures, remplies d’offrandes.
On en a trouvé d’autres (de débris), et pas du meilleur goût, qu’il jetait en rentrant chez lui dans la boîte à ordures de son quartier.
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.