boîte de vitesse
\bwat də vi.tɛs\
The verdict
“boîte de vitesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de boîte de vitesses
Corpus desk
Index FR-boite-de-vitesse · boîte de vitesse · French
boîte de vitesse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 de vitesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwat də vi.tɛs\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
boîte de vitesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bwat də vi.tɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de boîte de vitesses".
Zero misspellings are on record for boîte de vitesse in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 de vitesse, spelled B-O-Î-T-E- -D-E- -V-I-T-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de boîte de vitesses
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.