conteneur

/\kɔ̃t.nœʁ\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,150

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

conteneur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Caisse métallique, parallélépipèdique, polyvalente (conçue pour le transport de marchandises par différents modes de transport), normalisée et munie, dans les angles, de pièces de préhension permet... Pronounced \kɔ̃t.nœʁ\. Often confused with contenu and conteur.

Key facts for conteneur
PropertyValue
Headwordconteneur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃t.nœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,150
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of conteneur in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for conteneur is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃t.nœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,150 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for conteneur, with forms such as "cconteneur", "cnoteneur", and "conetneur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "contenu", "conteur", "contenus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is conteneur, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caisse métallique, parallélépipèdique, polyvalente (conçue pour le transport de marchandises par différents modes de transport), normalisée et munie, dans les angles, de pièces de préhension permettant l’arrimage et le transbordage.
  2. 2
    Caisson pour recevoir les déchets recyclables dans un point d’apport volontaire ou une déchetterie.
  3. 3
    Récipient destiné à contenir quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Structure de données dont les instances représentent des collections d'autres objets.
  5. 5
    Environnement isolé et léger qui partage le noyau du système hôte, utilisé pour exécuter des applications dans un environnement contrôlé.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconteneur,cnoteneur,conetneur,connteneur,conteenur,conteneru,conteneurr,contenneur,contenuer,contneeur,contteneur,cotneneur,ocnteneur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conteneur

Misspelling Variants of "conteneur"

cconteneur10cnoteneur9conetneur9connteneur10conteenur9conteneru9conteneurr10contenneur10
Misspelling Variants of "conteneur"

Frequency rank: #23,150 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conteneur"?
"conteneur" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃t.nœʁ\.
What does "conteneur" mean?
As a noun, "conteneur" means: Caisse métallique, parallélépipèdique, polyvalente (conçue pour le transport de marchandises par différents modes de transport), normalisée et munie, dans les angles, de pièces de préhension permet...
What words are commonly confused with "conteneur"?
"conteneur" is commonly confused with "contenu", "conteur", "contenus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conteneur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conteneur" is \kɔ̃t.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conteneur" come from?
"conteneur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.