inbox
\ɪn.bɒks\
The verdict
“inbox” is uncommon French (frequency #63,835 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,835
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boîte de réception.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inbox · inbox · French
inbox · rank #63,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,835
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inavouables
Nearest frequency peer: inavouables (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « inbox »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- imper
imper
36,169 corpus weight
- impromptue
impromptue
36,168 corpus weight
- inavouables
inavouables
36,167 corpus weight
- inbox
inbox
36,166 corpus weight
- incidente
incidente
36,165 corpus weight
- incitatives
incitatives
36,164 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « inbox » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inbox |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɪn.bɒks\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « inbox » en français
Rare enough to double-check
inbox is uncommon French at frequency #63,835 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɪn.bɒks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Boîte de réception.".
inbox has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is inbox, spelled I-N-B-O-X.
Definition
- 1Boîte de réception.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inbox appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have some e-mail in my inbox. -- J'ai des messages dans ma boîte de réception.
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.
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