boîte aux ordures

\bwɑ.t‿o.z‿ɔʁ.dyʁ\

/\bwɑ.t‿o.z‿ɔʁ.dyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“boîte aux 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
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poubelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boite-aux-ordures · boîte aux ordures · French

boîte aux ordures · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-8 8 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.

Key facts for boîte aux ordures
PropertyValue
Headwordboîte aux ordures
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bwɑ.t‿o.z‿ɔʁ.dyʁ\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « boîte aux ordures » en français

boîte aux orduresreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

boîte aux ordures is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bwɑ.t‿o.z‿ɔʁ.dyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poubelle.".

boîte aux ordures has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is boîte aux ordures, spelled B-O-Î-T-E- -A-U-X- -O-R-D-U-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poubelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle nettoya l’évier, ferma la boîte aux ordures, pendit les torchons à leur place.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boîte aux ordures"?
"boîte aux ordures" is spelled B-O-Î-T-E- -A-U-X- -O-R-D-U-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bwɑ.t‿o.z‿ɔʁ.dyʁ\.
What does "boîte aux ordures" mean?
As a noun, "boîte aux ordures" means: Poubelle.
How do you pronounce "boîte aux ordures"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boîte aux ordures" is \bwɑ.t‿o.z‿ɔʁ.dyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boîte aux ordures" come from?
"boîte aux ordures" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list