caisse à ordures
\kɛs‿a ɔʁ.dyʁ\
The verdict
“caisse 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme moins courant de poubelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caisse-a-ordures · caisse à ordures · French
caisse à ordures · 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 "C" 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 | caisse à ordures |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛs‿a ɔʁ.dyʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caisse à ordures » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caisse à ordures is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛs‿a ɔʁ.dyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme moins courant de poubelle.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for caisse à ordures, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is caisse à ordures, spelled C-A-I-S-S-E- -À- -O-R-D-U-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Synonyme moins courant de poubelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how caisse à ordures appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chaque soir, je descendais la caisse à ordures ; tout en vidant dans la poubelle les épluchures, les cendres, les vieux papiers, j’interrogeais le carré de ciel au-dessus de la courette ; je m’arrêtais devant l’entrée de l’immeuble ; des vitrines brillaient, des autos filaient sur la chaussée, des passants passaient ; dehors, la nuit vivait.
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.