couchette
noun
couchette is spelled C-O-U-C-H-E-T-T-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, couchette means “A couch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of couchette is couchettes.
How many letters and syllables are in couchette?
| Letters | 9: C-O-U-C-H-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is couchette?
Couchette appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce couchette?
- US
Couchette has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-couchette.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of couchette
- couchettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does couchette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareA couch.
- 2
A compartment on a passenger train having berths for sleeping.
- 3
A berth in such a compartment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does couchette come from?
Borrowed from French couchette.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).