# couscous

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʊs.kʊs/ · frequency rank #46,996

## Definitions
1. A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from a Berber language. First use appears c. 1593.

## Easily confused with
- **conscious** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conscious-vs-couscous)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccouscous`, `cosucous`, `coucsous`, `cousccous`, `couscosu`, `couscouss`, `couscuos`, `cousocus`, `cousscous`, `cuoscous`, `ocuscous`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/couscous