Which to use
“box” and “boxer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,314
- “box” frequency rank
- #21,256
- “boxer” frequency rank
- 25570
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | box | boxer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Compartiment disposé dans les écuries ou les étables pour isoler les animaux et les y tenir libres et sans attaches. | Race de chien molossoïde type dogue d'origine allemande créée comme chien de défense, d'aspect ramassé, au poil ras, dur et brillant. |
Where the eye mixes box and boxer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: box vs boxer
A purely visual mix-up. box (\bɔks\) and boxer (\bɔk.sɛʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “box” sits inside “boxer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25570, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
box is recorded at frequency rank #4,314, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɔks\. boxer is at rank #21,256, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɔk.sɛʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 25570, this pair ranks #340,101 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of box vs boxer
Shared letters: box. Private to "box": -. Private to "boxer": er.
"box" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "boxer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- boxer ← bboxer · boexr · boxerr · boxre · boxxer · bxoer · obxer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "box" and "boxer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "box" or "boxer" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "box" and "boxer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "box" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "boxer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,101 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "box" and "boxer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "boers vs boxer". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #340,101 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.