boîte postale
\bwat pɔs.tal\
The verdict
“boîte postale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Boîte aux lettres nominative située au bureau de poste, disponible sur demande, qui permet de distinguer l’adresse postale de l’adresse physique du destinataire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boîte postale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwat pɔs.tal\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “boîte postale” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
boîte postale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bwat pɔs.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Boîte aux lettres nominative située au bureau de poste, disponible sur demande, qui permet de distinguer l’adresse postale de l’adresse physique du destinataire.".
Zero misspellings are on record for boîte postale in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is boîte postale, spelled B-O-Î-T-E- -P-O-S-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Boîte aux lettres nominative située au bureau de poste, disponible sur demande, qui permet de distinguer l’adresse postale de l’adresse physique du destinataire.
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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 postale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-Î-T-E- -P-O-S-T-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bwat pɔs.tal\ (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.