Couscous
[ˈkʊskʊs]
The verdict
“Couscous” is uncommon German (frequency #54,432 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,432
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein nordafrikanisches Nahrungsmittel, das aus in Wasserdampf gegartem und zu Kügelchen zerriebenem Hirse-, Gersten- oder Weizengrieß besteht und zumeist Bestandteil sehr vieler unterschiedlicher Ge...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Couscous |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʊskʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Couscous” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Couscous is uncommon German at frequency #54,432 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʊskʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein nordafrikanisches Nahrungsmittel, das aus in Wasserdampf gegartem und zu Kügelchen zerriebenem Hirse-, Gersten- oder Weizengrieß besteht und zumeist Bestandteil sehr vieler unterschiedlicher Ge...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Couscous in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Couscous, spelled C-O-U-S-C-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1ein nordafrikanisches Nahrungsmittel, das aus in Wasserdampf gegartem und zu Kügelchen zerriebenem Hirse-, Gersten- oder Weizengrieß besteht und zumeist Bestandteil sehr vieler unterschiedlicher Gerichte ist, die verschiedene Gemüse (Karotten, Kichererbsen, Kohl, Kürbisse, Tomaten, Zucchini und weitere) und oft auch separat gekochte Fleischsorten (vor allem Hammelfleisch, aber auch Geflügel, Rind) oder Fisch enthalten
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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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Couscous”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-O-U-S-C-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʊskʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.