boîte au lait
\bwa.t‿o lɛ\
The verdict
“boîte au lait” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Récipient métallique muni d’un couvercle et d’une anse, destiné à transporter le lait acheté.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boîte au lait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwa.t‿o lɛ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “boîte au lait” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for boîte au lait is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bwa.t‿o lɛ\. 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.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for boîte au lait, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is boîte au lait, spelled B-O-Î-T-E- -A-U- -L-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Récipient métallique muni d’un couvercle et d’une anse, destiné à transporter le lait acheté.
- 2Sein d’une femme.
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 au lait”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-Î-T-E- -A-U- -L-A-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bwa.t‿o lɛ\ (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.