conteneur

\kɔ̃t.nœʁ\

/\kɔ̃t.nœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“conteneur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,150. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,150
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-conteneur · conteneur · French

conteneur · rank #23,150 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,150
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contestations

Nearest frequency peer: contestations (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « conteneur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « conteneur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

conteneur vs contenu
78% similar
conteneur vs conteur
78% similar
conteneur vs contenus
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conteneur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.conteneurse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « contestations » (#23,151), « confidentielle » (#23,148), « conteur » (#23,152). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conteneur » est au #23,150. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around conteneur (IPA \kɔ̃t.nœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,150 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for conteneur, with forms such as "cconteneur", "cnoteneur", and "conetneur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "contenu", "conteur", "contenus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is conteneur, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-E-U-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le transport naval des marchandises se fait surtout par conteneur.
  2. Or, Laurentia se veut un terminal de conteneurs entièrement électrifié à la fine pointe de la technologie, synonyme de sept millions de kilomètres de camionnage en moins sur nos routes sur une base annuelle.

This word in other languages

container(English)contenedor(Español)Container(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconteneur
  • cnoteneur
  • conetneur
  • connteneur
  • conteenur
  • conteneru
  • conteneurr
  • contenneur
  • contenuer
  • contneeur
  • contteneur
  • cotneneur
  • ocnteneur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conteneur - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cconteneur1cnoteneur2conetneur2connteneur1conteenur2conteneru2conteneurr1contenneur1
Edit distance from "conteneur"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "conteneur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coûteuses#23,156commotion#23,142caravanes#23,129dispensés#23,173

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

crampons13 variantscabriolet13 variantsblogueurs13 variantsdénigrer13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list